Port 1956Vertel VMF DS
Vertel VMF DS is an obscure service assigned for TCP and UDP use on port 1956.
- transport
- tcp · udp
- in transit
- cleartext
- assignment
- official
- risk
- 1/10
- lookups
- 0
2 transports registered
payload readable on path
registered with iana
safe
rank 993 of 5,651 · top 18%
also known as vrtl-vmf-ds
Technical Details
what runs on :1956Vertel VMF DS is registered on port :1956 over tcp and udp to Alan Akahoshi. 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 :1956
# linux
sudo ss -tulpn 'sport = :1956'
# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :1956
# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :1956nmap -sV -p T:1956 <host>
sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:1956 <host>run it? the handshake, the implementations you meet in the wild and the flags that matter come from the engineers who do.
add technical detailsSecurity Information
exposure of :1956risk 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 :1956 yet
known exploits, hardening advice, what a compromise looks like — suggest an edit if you know its exposure.
Related Ports
ports registered around :1956, by lookups.
| port | service | risk | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| :1920 | IBM Tivoli Monitoring | TCPtls | Web Services | caution | 21.5k |
| :1984 | Big Brother Monitor | TCP | Security | caution | 16.8k |
| :1947 | Aladdin HASP License Manager | TCP | Security | caution | 15.4k |
| :1900 | SSDP / UPnP Discovery | UDP | Network Services | caution | 14.6k |
| :1967 | Cisco IP SLA Control | UDP | Network Services | caution | 13.2k |
| :2001 | CAPTAN Test Stand | UDP | System | caution | 11.8k |
| :1935 | RTMP | TCP | Web Services | safe | 11.1k |
| :2000 | Cisco SCCP | TCPUDP | Network Services | caution | 9.0k |
risk mix of the 8 listed
- safe13%
- caution88%
1 of 8 encrypted