Port 2397NCL
NCL is an IANA-assigned service on TCP and UDP port 2397, held by Robert Wiebe.
- 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 4,030 · top 25%
Technical Details
what runs on :2397NCL is registered on port :2397 over tcp and udp to Robert Wiebe. 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 :2397
# linux
sudo ss -tulpn 'sport = :2397'
# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :2397
# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :2397nmap -sV -p T:2397 <host>
sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:2397 <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 :2397risk 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 :2397 yet
known exploits, hardening advice, what a compromise looks like — suggest an edit if you know its exposure.
Related Ports
ports registered around :2397, by lookups.
| port | service | risk | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| :2370 | BMC Control-M Server | TCP | System | caution | 17.4k |
| :2369 | BMC Control-M Configuration Agent | TCP | System | caution | 14.8k |
| :2381 | HP Insight Manager Web | TCP | Web Services | caution | 14.4k |
| :2447 | OpenView NNM ovwdb Daemon | TCPUDP | Network Services | caution | 12.8k |
| :2404 | IEC 60870-5-104 | TCP | Network Services | caution | 10.5k |
| :2427 | Cisco MGCP | UDP | Network Services | caution | 7.9k |
| :2401 | CVS | TCP | File Transfer | caution | 4.9k |
| :2420 | Westell Remote Access | UDP | Remote Access | caution | 4.2k |
risk mix of the 8 listed
- caution100%
0 of 8 encrypted