Port 2518Willy
Port 2518 is assigned to Willy, a little-documented service registered by Carl Johan Wik.
- 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 4,103 · top 24%
Technical Details
what runs on :2518Willy is registered on port :2518 over tcp and udp to Carl Johan Wik. 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 :2518
# linux
sudo ss -tulpn 'sport = :2518'
# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :2518
# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :2518nmap -sV -p T:2518 <host>
sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:2518 <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 :2518risk 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 :2518 yet
known exploits, hardening advice, what a compromise looks like — suggest an edit if you know its exposure.
Related Ports
ports registered around :2518, by lookups.
| port | service | risk | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| :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 |
| :2546 | EVault Data Protection | TCPUDP | File Transfer | caution | 11.3k |
| :2500 | sMessenger Service | TCP | Network Services | caution | 8.9k |
| :2525 | SMTP Alternate | TCP | caution | 4.9k | |
| :2528 | NCR CCL | TCPUDP | — | safe | 0 |
| :2496 | DIRGIS | TCPUDP | — | safe | 0 |
risk mix of the 8 listed
- safe25%
- caution75%
1 of 8 encrypted