Port 1497rfx-lm

Obscure RFX-LM service assigned to Bill Bishop on TCP and UDP port 1497.

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

Technical Details

what runs on :1497

rfx-lm is registered on port :1497 over tcp and udp to Bill Bishop. 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 :1497

this machine

# linux
sudo ss -tulpn 'sport = :1497'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :1497

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :1497

another host

nmap -sV -p T:1497 <host>
sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:1497 <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 :1497

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 :1497 yet

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

Record

iana registry entry

port: :1497
service: rfx-lm
transport: TCPUDP
encryption: cleartext
assignment: iana registered
risk: 1/10safe
category: uncategorised
usage: The IANA registry identifies port 1497 as the rfx-lm service on both TCP and UDP. The assignment is registered to Bill Bishop, but no public protocol or product usage is documented in the registry.
lookups: 0rank 993
added: 2026-09-07
updated: 2026-09-07
references: IANA service name registry — port 1497

Something wrong?

This record is maintained by the engineers who use port 1497. 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 2026-09-07.

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ports registered around :1497, by lookups.

port	service	proto	category	risk	views
:1513	Garena Gaming	TCPUDP	Gaming	caution	33.1k
:1521	Oracle TNS Listener	TCP	Security	caution	19.6k
:1521	Oracle DB Listener	TCP	Databases	caution	18.4k
:1433	Microsoft SQL Server	TCP	Databases	caution	14.8k
:1434	MSSQL Monitor	TCPUDP	Security	caution	14.7k
:1533	IBM Sametime & SQL Server	TCP	Network Services	safe	13.5k
:1526	Oracle Listener Alt Port	TCP	Databases	caution	13.0k
:1500	NetGuard GuardianPro Remote Management	TCP	Security	caution	12.7k

risk mix of the 8 listed

safe13%
caution88%

0 of 8 encrypted

Port :1497rfx-lm

Technical Details

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Port 1497rfx-lm