Port 1138Encrypted Admin

Port assigned for encrypted administrative requests over TCP or UDP.

transport: tcp · udp
in transit: encrypted
assignment: official
risk: 1/10
lookups: 0

Technical Details

what runs on :1138

Encrypted Admin is registered on port :1138 over tcp and udp to Michael Elizarov, assigned January 2007. 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 :1138

this machine

# linux
sudo ss -tulpn 'sport = :1138'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :1138

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :1138

another host

nmap -sV -p T:1138 <host>
sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:1138 <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 :1138

risk score

1/ 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 2.7 below.

in transit

encrypted

payloads are protected on the wire

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 :1138 yet

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

Record

iana registry entry

port: :1138
service: Encrypted Admin
transport: TCPUDP
encryption: tls / encrypted
assignment: iana registered
risk: 1/10safe
category: Remote Access
usage: This assignment denotes encrypted administrative requests over TCP and UDP and is an alias for "encrypted-admin". It was registered to Michael Elizarov in 2007 and is now historic.
lookups: 0rank 993
added: 2026-09-08
updated: 2026-09-08
references: IANA service name registry — port 1138

Something wrong?

This record is maintained by the engineers who use port 1138. 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 2026-09-08.

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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.

port	service	proto	category	risk	views
: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 :1138Encrypted Admin

Technical Details

Security Information

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Port 1138Encrypted Admin