Ports·5061
5061
sips
TCP · 0x13C5

Port 5061 — sips

Messaging

Port 5061 carries SIP over TLS over TCP. Above 1023, so an ordinary user can open it.

1024–49151. Meant to be applied for, though some numbers here are custom by habit.

Where it sits in 65535

A port number is 16 bits, so it stops at 65535. The narrow band at the left is everything up to 1023.

065535
Service
SIP over TLS (sips)
Kind
Messaging
Protocol
TCP
Range
Registered
Root needed
No
Hexadecimal
0x13C5
Binary
0001001111000101
Two bytes
19 · 197
Plain twin
5060

Same kind

Passing messages along, or queueing them up.

Ports next to it

How to read this

  • A port number is 16 bits, so it runs 0 to 65535. There is no port 65536.
  • Opening anything at or below 1023 needs root on Unix.
  • Plain and encrypted often live on different numbers — 80 and 443, for one.
  • Numbers like 3000 and 8080 were never registered; those are marked as custom.

Frequently asked questions

Q. What is port 5061 used for?

SIP over TLS (sips) uses it, over TCP.

Q. Does opening port 5061 need root?

No. It is above 1023, so an ordinary user can open it.

Q. Which range does port 5061 fall in?

Registered (1024–49151). In hex it is 0x13C5.

Q. What does port 5061 wrap?

It is port 5060 wrapped in TLS.