Port 2590idotdist

Port 2590 is assigned as idotdist, an obscure service name with no known widely deployed protocol behavior.

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

Technical Details

what runs on :2590

idotdist is registered on port :2590 over tcp and udp to Jason Hunter. 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 :2590

this machine

# linux
sudo ss -tulpn 'sport = :2590'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :2590

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :2590

another host

nmap -sV -p T:2590 <host>
sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:2590 <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 :2590

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 :2590 yet

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

Record

iana registry entry

port: :2590
service: idotdist
transport: TCPUDP
encryption: cleartext
assignment: iana registered
risk: 1/10safe
category: uncategorised
usage: IANA assigns TCP and UDP port 2590 to the service name idotdist, registered to Jason Hunter. The registry gives no further description, and the port is not known as a commonly encountered listener.
lookups: 0rank 993
added: 2026-09-23
updated: 2026-09-23
references: IANA service name registry — port 2590

Something wrong?

This record is maintained by the engineers who use port 2590. 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 :2590, by lookups.

port	service	proto	category	risk	views
:2546	EVault Data Protection	TCPUDP	File Transfer	caution	11.3k
:2598	Citrix ICA Session Reliability	TCP	Remote Access	caution	11.0k
:2593	RunUO Ultima Online	TCPUDP	Gaming	caution	9.2k
:2599	SonicWALL Antispam	TCP	Email	caution	8.8k
:2638	Sybase Listener	TCP	Databases	caution	7.8k
:2610	Dark Ages	TCP	Network Services	caution	5.0k
:2612	QPasa	TCPUDP	Network Services	caution	4.6k
:2533	SnifferServer	TCPUDP	—	safe	0

risk mix of the 8 listed

safe13%
caution88%

0 of 8 encrypted

Port :2590idotdist

Technical Details

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Port 2590idotdist