Port 1632PAMMRATC

PAMMRATC is an obscure IANA-assigned service name on TCP and UDP port 1632.

transport
tcp · udp

2 transports registered

in transit
cleartext

payload readable on path

assignment
official

registered with iana

risk
1/10

safe

lookups
0

rank 993 of 4,880 · top 20%

Technical Details

what runs on :1632

PAMMRATC is registered on port :1632 over tcp and udp. 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 :1632

this machine
# linux
sudo ss -tulpn 'sport = :1632'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :1632

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :1632
another host
nmap -sV -p T:1632 <host>
sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:1632 <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 :1632

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 :1632 yet

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

ports registered around :1632, by lookups.

portservicerisk
:1645RADIUS Authentication (Cisco/Juniper)caution
:1646RADIUS Accountingcaution
:1581MIL-STD-2045-47001 VMFcaution
:1677Novell GroupWisecaution
:1589Cisco VQP / VMPScaution
:1627iSketchcaution
:1666Perforcecaution
:1587pra-elmdsafe

risk mix of the 8 listed

  • safe13%
  • caution88%

0 of 8 encrypted