Port 1908Dawn

Port 1908 is assigned to the Dawn service over TCP and UDP.

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

Technical Details

what runs on :1908

Dawn is registered on port :1908 over tcp and udp to Michael Crawford 2. 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 never observed open, so if it's open on your network it's more likely a custom or misconfigured service than the registered one.

find what's listening on :1908

this machine

# linux
sudo ss -tulpn 'sport = :1908'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :1908

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :1908

another host

nmap -sV -p T:1908 <host>
sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:1908 <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 :1908

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 :1908 yet

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

Record

iana registry entry

port: :1908
service: Dawn
transport: TCPUDP
encryption: cleartext
assignment: iana registered
risk: 1/10safe
category: uncategorised
usage: The IANA registry assigns TCP and UDP port 1908 to a service named Dawn. The assignment is registered to Michael Crawford 2, but no public deployment or usage details are recorded here.
lookups: 0rank 993
added: 2026-09-19
updated: 2026-09-19
references: IANA service name registry — port 1908

Something wrong?

This record is maintained by the engineers who use port 1908. 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 2026-09-19.

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ports registered around :1908, by lookups.

port	service	proto	category	risk	views
:1920	IBM Tivoli Monitoring	TCPtls	Web Services	caution	21.5k
:1863	Microsoft Notification Protocol	TCP	Voice and Chat	caution	15.9k
:1947	Aladdin HASP License Manager	TCP	Security	caution	15.4k
:1900	SSDP / UPnP Discovery	UDP	Network Services	caution	14.6k
:1883	MQTT Broker	TCP	Network Services	caution	14.2k
:1967	Cisco IP SLA Control	UDP	Network Services	caution	13.2k
:1935	RTMP	TCP	Web Services	safe	11.1k
:1886	Leonardo over IP	TCP	File Transfer	caution	10.4k

risk mix of the 8 listed

safe13%
caution88%

1 of 8 encrypted

Port :1908Dawn

Technical Details

Security Information

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Port 1908Dawn