Port 1053Remote Assistant (RA)

Remote Assistant service assigned to TCP and UDP port 1053.

transport: tcp · udp
in transit: cleartext
assignment: official
risk: 2/10
lookups: 0

also known as RA

Technical Details

what runs on :1053

Remote Assistant (RA) is registered on port :1053 over tcp and udp to Roman Kriis. 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.

IANA has recorded this port being used for something it was not assigned for.

find what's listening on :1053

this machine

# linux
sudo ss -tulpn 'sport = :1053'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :1053

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :1053

another host

nmap -sV -p T:1053 <host>
sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:1053 <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 :1053

risk score

2/ 10safe

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

remote access averages 3.7 across 194 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 :1053 yet

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

Record

iana registry entry

port: :1053
service: Remote Assistant (RA)
transport: TCPUDP
encryption: cleartext
assignment: iana registered
risk: 2/10safe
category: Remote Access
usage: IANA lists TCP/UDP 1053 for Remote Assistant (RA). The assignment is registered to Roman Kriis, but no further deployment or product information is recorded.
lookups: 0rank 993
added: 2026-08-20
updated: 2026-08-20
references: IANA service name registry — port 1053

Something wrong?

This record is maintained by the engineers who use port 1053. Every field on it is editable — change what's wrong, say how you know, and a reviewer publishes it, usually within a minute. Last touched 2026-08-20.

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Related Ports

all 194 in remote access →

the 8 most looked-up other ports in remote access — 194 ports carry that label.

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:8000	Intel Remote Desktop / Alternate HTTP Port	TCP	Web Services	safe	84.3k
:8888	D2GS Admin Console	TCP	Remote Access	caution	83.7k
:8881	Atlasz Secure Server	TCP	Web Services	caution	67.6k
:5938	TeamViewer	TCPUDP	Remote Access	caution	65.0k
:8291	Winbox MikroTik Admin	TCP	Security	caution	62.9k
:8008	IBM HTTP Server Admin	TCP	Web Services	caution	58.3k
:135	Microsoft EPMAP	TCPUDP	Security	caution	51.9k
:23	Telnet	TCP	Remote Access	caution	34.8k

risk mix of the 8 listed

safe13%
caution88%

0 of 8 encrypted

Port :1053Remote Assistant (RA)

Technical Details

Security Information

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Port 1053Remote Assistant (RA)