Port 2616appswitch-emp
An obscure AppSwitch-EMP assignment on TCP and UDP 2616 with no widely documented protocol or common listener.
- 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 4,162 · top 24%
Technical Details
what runs on :2616appswitch-emp is registered on port :2616 over tcp and udp to Ted Ross. 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 :2616
# linux
sudo ss -tulpn 'sport = :2616'
# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :2616
# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :2616nmap -sV -p T:2616 <host>
sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:2616 <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 :2616risk 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 :2616 yet
known exploits, hardening advice, what a compromise looks like — suggest an edit if you know its exposure.
Related Ports
ports registered around :2616, by lookups.
| port | service | risk | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| :2598 | Citrix ICA Session Reliability | TCP | Remote Access | caution | 11.0k |
| :2593 | RunUO Ultima Online | TCPUDP | Gaming | caution | 9.2k |
| :2599 | SonicWALL Antispam | TCP | 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 |
| :2677 | Gadget Gate 1 Way | TCPUDP | — | safe | 0 |
| :2607 | Dell Connection | TCPUDP | — | safe | 0 |
risk mix of the 8 listed
- safe25%
- caution75%
0 of 8 encrypted