636
ldaps
TCP · 0x027C
Port 636 — ldaps
Name lookup
Port 636 carries Directory access over TLS over TCP. Being at or below 1023, only root may open it on Unix.
0–1023. On Unix only root may open one.
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
- Directory access over TLS (ldaps)
- Kind
- Name lookup
- Protocol
- TCP
- Range
- Well-known
- Root needed
- Yes
- Hexadecimal
- 0x027C
- Binary
- 0000001001111100
- Two bytes
- 2 · 124
- Plain twin
- 389
Same kind
Turning names into addresses, or looking people and machines 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 636 used for?
Directory access over TLS (ldaps) uses it, over TCP.
Q. Does opening port 636 need root?
Yes. It is at or below 1023, so on Unix only root may open it.
Q. Which range does port 636 fall in?
Well-known (0–1023). In hex it is 0x027C.
Q. What does port 636 wrap?
It is port 389 wrapped in TLS.