What are ports in networking?

in today's video we will talk about how ports work and how ports help in filtering network traffic and only allow data that is intended only for that port.

#ports, #networking, #nginx, #ssh, #secureshell, #ftp, #filetransferprotocol, #raspberrpi, #raspberrypi4

[JerseyJeff]

Thank you for this. I've been in IT for a few years now, and the purpose of ports confused me. The analogy of a door holding a service behind it was perfect.