Port 2849FXP

TCP and UDP port 2849 is assigned to FXP, registered to Martin Lichtin; no established public use is known.

transport
tcp · udp

2 transports registered

in transit
cleartext

payload readable on path

assignment
official

registered with iana

risk
1/10

safe

lookups
0

rank 993 of 4,320 · top 23%

Technical Details

what runs on :2849

FXP is registered on port :2849 over tcp and udp to Martin Lichtin. 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 :2849

this machine
# linux
sudo ss -tulpn 'sport = :2849'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :2849

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :2849
another host
nmap -sV -p T:2849 <host>
sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:2849 <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 :2849

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 :2849 yet

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

ports registered around :2849, by lookups.

portservicerisk
:2809IBM WebSphere WAS Bootstrap RMIcaution
:2809CORBA IIOP URLcaution
:2868Norman NPEPcaution
:2883NDNPsafe
:2863Sonar Datasafe
:2811GridFTPcaution
:2884Flash Msgsafe
:2875DX Message Base Transport Protocolsafe

risk mix of the 8 listed

  • safe50%
  • caution50%

0 of 8 encrypted