DNS | SMTP Vs POP3 | HTTP Vs FTP

Application Layer Protocols-

 

Important application layer protocols are-

 

 

1. Domain Name Service (DNS)
2. Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
3. Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
4. Post Office Protocol (POP)
5. File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

 

In this article, we will compare all these application layer protocols.

 

Comparison of Application Layer Protocols-

 

The following table compares all the important application layer protocols-

 

	DNS	HTTP	SMTP	POP	FTP
Stateful / Stateless	Stateless	Stateless	Stateless	Stateful	Stateful
Transport Protocol Used	UDP	TCP	TCP	TCP	TCP
Connectionless / Connection Oriented	Connectionless	Connectionless	Connection Oriented	Connection Oriented	Connection Oriented
Persistent / Non-persistent	Non-persistent	HTTP 1.0 is non-persistent. HTTP 1.1 is persistent.	Persistent	Persistent	Control connection is persistent. Data connection is non-persistent.
Port Number Used	53	80	25	110	20 for data connection. 21 for control connection.
In band / Out-of-band	In band	In band	In band	In band	Out-of-band

 

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