Port 2495Fast Remote Services

IANA lists TCP and UDP 2495 for Fast Remote Services, an obscure assignment registered to Scott St Clair.

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

also known as fast-rem-serv

Technical Details

what runs on :2495

Fast Remote Services is registered on port :2495 over tcp and udp to Scott St Clair. 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 :2495

this machine

# linux
sudo ss -tulpn 'sport = :2495'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :2495

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :2495

another host

nmap -sV -p T:2495 <host>
sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:2495 <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 :2495

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 :2495 yet

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

Record

iana registry entry

port: :2495
service: Fast Remote Services
transport: TCPUDP
encryption: cleartext
assignment: iana registered
risk: 1/10safe
category: uncategorised
usage: The registry assigns TCP and UDP port 2495 to Fast Remote Services and lists Scott St Clair as the registrant. No established public protocol or common deployment is known for this assignment.
lookups: 0rank 993
added: 2026-09-23
updated: 2026-09-23
references: IANA service name registry — port 2495

Something wrong?

This record is maintained by the engineers who use port 2495. 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 2026-09-23.

01edit any field on a page of its own
02a model checks it for accuracy and spam
03clean and confident goes live immediately

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ports registered around :2495, by lookups.

port	service	proto	category	risk	views
:2484	Oracle SSL Listener	TCPUDPtls	Security	caution	25.0k
:2501	TheosNet-Admin	TCP	Remote Access	caution	21.7k
:2483	Oracle Listener (Unsecure)	TCPUDP	Security	caution	14.1k
:2447	OpenView NNM ovwdb Daemon	TCPUDP	Network Services	caution	12.8k
:2546	EVault Data Protection	TCPUDP	File Transfer	caution	11.3k
:2500	sMessenger Service	TCP	Network Services	caution	8.9k
:2525	SMTP Alternate	TCP	Email	caution	4.9k
:2431	venus-se	TCPUDP	—	safe	0

risk mix of the 8 listed

safe13%
caution88%

1 of 8 encrypted

Port :2495Fast Remote Services

Technical Details

Security Information

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Port 2495Fast Remote Services