Port 10860Helix Client/Server

Port 10860 is assigned to the Helix Client/Server service over TCP and UDP.

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 4,499 · top 22%

Technical Details

what runs on :10860

Helix Client/Server is registered on port :10860 over tcp and udp to Matthew Strange][Larry Atkin 2, assigned March 2009. 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 rarely. What's listening is often not the registered service, so check before you assume.

find what's listening on :10860

this machine
# linux
sudo ss -tulpn 'sport = :10860'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :10860

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :10860
another host
nmap -sV -p T:10860 <host>
sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:10860 <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 :10860

risk score

1/ 10safe

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

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 :10860 yet

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

ports registered around :10860, by lookups.

portservicerisk
:10810Nuance Mobile Care Discoverysafe

risk mix of the 1 listed

  • safe100%

0 of 1 encrypted