Port 149AED 512 Emulation Service

Port 149 is assigned to the AED 512 Emulation Service over TCP and UDP.

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

Technical Details

what runs on :149

AED 512 Emulation Service is registered on port :149 over tcp and udp to Albert G Broscius. 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 :149

this machine

# linux
sudo ss -tulpn 'sport = :149'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :149

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :149

another host

nmap -sV -p T:149 <host>
sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:149 <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 :149

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 :149 yet

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

Record

iana registry entry

port: :149
service: AED 512 Emulation Service
transport: TCPUDP
encryption: cleartext
assignment: iana registered
risk: 1/10safe
category: uncategorised
usage: This assignment identifies the AED 512 Emulation Service on TCP and UDP port 149. It is registered to Albert G Broscius; public scans observe it only rarely.
lookups: 0rank 993
added: 2026-08-28
updated: 2026-08-28
references: IANA service name registry — port 149

Something wrong?

This record is maintained by the engineers who use port 149. 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 2026-08-28.

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ports registered around :149, by lookups.

port	service	proto	category	risk	views
:135	Microsoft EPMAP	TCPUDP	Security	caution	51.9k
:143	IMAP	TCPUDP	Email	caution	20.7k
:201	AppleTalk Routing	TCPUDP	Network Services	caution	19.7k
:109	POP2	TCP	Email	caution	17.9k
:194	Internet Relay Chat	TCPUDP	Voice and Chat	caution	17.5k
:135	DCE/RPC Endpoint Mapper	TCPUDP	Remote Access	caution	16.7k
:90	DNSIX	TCPUDP	Security	safe	16.1k
:110	POP3	TCP	Email	caution	15.5k

risk mix of the 8 listed

safe13%
caution88%

0 of 8 encrypted

Port :149AED 512 Emulation Service

Technical Details

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Port 149AED 512 Emulation Service