Port Risks
Overview
For each of the ports within our database we attempt to provide you with a meaningful risk value, this can be especially helpful when you’re trying to judge what the impact to your network is by carrying this traffic.
The level is based on the possible security risk that a specific application may have, examples of this would be an application like a proxy which is generally there to evade and avoid firewalls and network security, or tools like bit-torrent that are often used to transfer illegal file contents.
However, these are only a guide, for example HTTP and HTTPs are one of the most commonly used protocols on the internet, however these are also both used for some very risky and malicious activities.
The network risk levels
- Level 1 - Mostly legitimate traffic, with minimal misuse or security issues
- Level 2 - Usually legitimate traffic, some minor issues are known
- Level 3 - Common protocol with some issues, but mostly legitimate
- Level 4 - Risky protocol, known security issues but also has many legitimate uses
- Level 5 - High risk protocol, minimal legitimate traffic or high risk security exploits
Risk Level 4 applications
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- 'dnsix' - 1 ports found 1 minute ago
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'search'
- 5 ports found
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- '5247' - 1 ports found 2 minutes ago
- 'log' - 2 ports found 3 minutes ago
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'9100'
- 1 ports found
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