Port 16000Administration Server Access

TCP service for Administration Server Access, assigned under the fmsas service name.

transport
tcp

single transport

in transit
cleartext

payload readable on path

assignment
official

registered with iana

risk
1/10

safe

lookups
0

rank 993 of 4,647 · top 21%

also known as fmsas

1 other service is registered on port 16000. compare all 2 →

Technical Details

what runs on :16000

Administration Server Access is registered on port :16000 over tcp to Mark Davidson, assigned October 2010. 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.

IANA has recorded this port being used for something it was not assigned for.

find what's listening on :16000

this machine
# linux
sudo ss -tlpn 'sport = :16000'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :16000

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :16000
another host
nmap -sV -p T:16000 <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 :16000

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

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

every listening transport is another surface to filter at the edge

security overview

no security notes recorded for :16000 yet

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

the 8 most looked-up other ports in remote access — 194 ports carry that label.

risk mix of the 8 listed

  • safe13%
  • caution88%

0 of 8 encrypted