Port 12009Green Hills VPN

Green Hills Software's VPN service, assigned to UDP port 12009.

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

also known as ghvpn

Technical Details

what runs on :12009

Green Hills VPN is registered on port :12009 over udp to Green Hills Software, assigned February 2012. 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 :12009

this machine

# linux
sudo ss -ulpn 'sport = :12009'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :12009

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :12009

another host

sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:12009 <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 :12009

risk score

1/ 10safe

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

security averages 3.1 across 376 ports — this one sits 2.1 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

udp

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

security overview

no security notes recorded for :12009 yet

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

Record

iana registry entry

port: :12009
service: Green Hills VPN
transport: UDP
encryption: tls / encrypted
assignment: iana registered
risk: 1/10safe
category: Security Remote Access
usage: UDP/12009 is assigned to Green Hills VPN, a VPN service from Green Hills Software. Engineers may encounter it on deployments using Green Hills networking software; internet-wide exposure is rare.
lookups: 0rank 993
added: 2026-09-15
updated: 2026-09-15
references: IANA service name registry — port 12009

Something wrong?

This record is maintained by the engineers who use port 12009. 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 2026-09-15.

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risk mix of the 8 listed

caution100%

2 of 8 encrypted

Port :12009Green Hills VPN

Technical Details

Security Information

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Port 12009Green Hills VPN