Port 1808Oracle-VP2

Port 1808 is assigned to the Oracle-VP2 service over TCP and UDP.

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

Technical Details

what runs on :1808

Oracle-VP2 is registered on port :1808 over tcp and udp to Craig Fowler. 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 :1808

this machine

# linux
sudo ss -tulpn 'sport = :1808'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :1808

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :1808

another host

nmap -sV -p T:1808 <host>
sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:1808 <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 :1808

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 :1808 yet

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

Record

iana registry entry

port: :1808
service: Oracle-VP2
transport: TCPUDP
encryption: cleartext
assignment: iana registered
risk: 1/10safe
category: uncategorised
usage: Oracle-VP2 is an IANA service assignment for both TCP port 1808 and UDP port 1808. The assignment is registered to Craig Fowler; public details about the software or deployments using it are not recorded.
lookups: 0rank 993
added: 2026-09-11
updated: 2026-09-11
references: IANA service name registry — port 1808

Something wrong?

This record is maintained by the engineers who use port 1808. 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 2026-09-11.

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ports registered around :1808, by lookups.

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:1863	Microsoft Notification Protocol	TCP	Voice and Chat	caution	15.9k
:1755	Microsoft Media Services	TCPUDP	Streaming	caution	13.8k
:1812	RADIUS Auth Protocol	TCPUDP	Security	caution	12.0k
:1801	MSMQ	TCPUDP	Network Services	caution	8.9k
:1813	RADIUS Accounting	TCPUDP	Security	caution	7.2k
:1762	CFT File Transfer	TCPUDP	File Transfer	caution	5.6k
:1761	Zenworks Remote Control	TCP	Remote Access	caution	5.6k
:1761	CFT 0	UDP	Network Services	caution	5.0k

risk mix of the 8 listed

caution100%

0 of 8 encrypted

Port :1808Oracle-VP2

Technical Details

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