Expose with care
Port 53 — DNS
Domain name resolution. UDP for normal queries, TCP for large responses and zone transfers.
Port
53
Service
DNS
Protocol
TCP/UDP
Security guidance
Open recursive resolvers get abused for amplification attacks. If you run DNS, serve only your own zones or restrict recursion.
Is port 53 open on your server?
Test it from outside your network — the only view that matters.
Other common ports
20 · FTP data
21 · FTP control
22 · SSH / SFTP
23 · Telnet
25 · SMTP
80 · HTTP
110 · POP3
123 · NTP
143 · IMAP
161 · SNMP
389 · LDAP
443 · HTTPS
445 · SMB
465 · SMTPS
587 · SMTP submission
993 · IMAPS
995 · POP3S
1433 · Microsoft SQL Server
1521 · Oracle Database
2082 · cPanel
2083 · cPanel (TLS)
3000 · Node.js / dev server
3306 · MySQL / MariaDB
3389 · RDP
5432 · PostgreSQL
5900 · VNC
6379 · Redis
8080 · HTTP alternate
8443 · HTTPS alternate
9200 · Elasticsearch
27017 · MongoDB