Port 2878AAP

TCP/UDP port 2878 is assigned to the AAP service; the registry provides no further protocol details.

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 4,164 · top 24%

Technical Details

what runs on :2878

AAP is registered on port :2878 over tcp and udp to Stephen Hanna 2. 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 found open rarely. What's listening is often not the registered service, so check before you assume.

find what's listening on :2878

this machine
# linux
sudo ss -tulpn 'sport = :2878'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :2878

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :2878
another host
nmap -sV -p T:2878 <host>
sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:2878 <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 :2878

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 :2878 yet

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

ports registered around :2878, by lookups.

portservicerisk
:2868Norman NPEPcaution
:2869ICSLAPsafe
:2860Dialpad Voice 1safe
:2863Sonar Datasafe
:2875DX Message Base Transport Protocolsafe
:2855Message Session Relay Protocol (MSRP)caution
:2884Flash Msgsafe
:2883NDNPsafe

risk mix of the 8 listed

  • safe75%
  • caution25%

0 of 8 encrypted