Port 1033NetInfo local service

IANA-assigned local NetInfo service on TCP and UDP port 1033.

transport
tcp · udp

2 transports registered

in transit
cleartext

payload readable on path

assignment
official

registered with iana

risk
1/10

safe

lookups
0

rank 993 of 4,713 · top 21%

Technical Details

what runs on :1033

NetInfo local service is registered on port :1033 over tcp and udp to Marc Majka, assigned August 2002. We don't have a technical write-up for it beyond the IANA registry entry.

In nmap's internet-wide scan data this port is found open sometimes. What's listening is often not the registered service, so check before you assume.

find what's listening on :1033

this machine
# linux
sudo ss -tulpn 'sport = :1033'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :1033

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :1033
another host
nmap -sV -p T:1033 <host>
sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:1033 <host>

run it? the handshake, the implementations you meet in the wild and the flags that matter come from the engineers who do.

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Security Information

exposure of :1033

risk score

1/ 10safe

routine exposure. this port is rarely the way in on its own — keep it patched and logged and move on.

network services averages 2.7 across 1,400 ports — this one sits 1.7 below.

in transit

cleartext

credentials and payloads are readable by anyone on path

assignment

official

registered with iana for this service — scanners fingerprint it by number

reachable over

tcp · udp

udp is connectionless — source addresses are trivially spoofed and it is a reflection favourite

security overview

no security notes recorded for :1033 yet

known exploits, hardening advice, what a compromise looks like — suggest an edit if you know its exposure.

the 8 most looked-up other ports in network services — 1,400 ports carry that label.

risk mix of the 8 listed

  • caution100%

0 of 8 encrypted