Port 1753Predatar Comms Service

TCP service used for communications by Silverstring Ltd's Predatar platform.

transport
tcp

single transport

in transit
cleartext

payload readable on path

assignment
official

registered with iana

risk
1/10

safe

lookups
0

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Technical Details

what runs on :1753

Predatar Comms Service is registered on port :1753 over tcp to Silverstring Ltd, assigned September 2011. 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 :1753

this machine
# linux
sudo ss -tlpn 'sport = :1753'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :1753

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :1753
another host
nmap -sV -p T:1753 <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 :1753

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

every listening transport is another surface to filter at the edge

security overview

no security notes recorded for :1753 yet

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

ports registered around :1753, by lookups.

portservicerisk
:1720H.323 Signalingcaution
:1701L2TP & L2Fcaution
:1755Microsoft Media Servicescaution
:1716America's Army MMOcaution
:1812RADIUS Auth Protocolcaution
:1723PPTPcaution
:1719H.323 RAScaution
:1801MSMQcaution

risk mix of the 8 listed

  • caution100%

0 of 8 encrypted