Port 23456Aequus Service
TCP 23456 is assigned to Aequus Service, with no widely recognized public deployment or protocol behavior established.
- transport
- tcp
- in transit
- cleartext
- assignment
- official
- risk
- 1/10
- lookups
- 0
single transport
payload readable on path
registered with iana
safe
rank 993 of 6,445 · top 15%
Technical Details
what runs on :23456Aequus Service is registered on port :23456 over tcp to James Anson, assigned February 2009. 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 :23456
# linux
sudo ss -tlpn 'sport = :23456'
# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :23456
# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :23456nmap -sV -p T:23456 <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 :23456risk 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 :23456 yet
known exploits, hardening advice, what a compromise looks like — suggest an edit if you know its exposure.
Related Ports
ports registered around :23456, by lookups.
| port | service | risk | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| :23399 | Skype Protocol | Voice and Chat | caution | 8.8k | |
| :23513 | Duke Nukem 3D Source Ports | Gaming | caution | 3.8k | |
| :23400 | Novar Data | TCPUDP | — | safe | 0 |
| :23401 | Novar Alarm | TCPUDP | — | safe | 0 |
| :23402 | Novar Global | TCPUDP | — | safe | 0 |
| :23457 | Aequus Service Management | TCP | — | safe | 0 |
risk mix of the 6 listed
- safe67%
- caution33%
0 of 6 encrypted