Port 2915TK Socket

TCP/UDP 2915 is assigned to TK Socket, a little-known service with no established public usage.

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 4,357 · top 23%

Technical Details

what runs on :2915

TK Socket is registered on port :2915 over tcp and udp to Dino Ciano, assigned March 2011. 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 :2915

this machine
# linux
sudo ss -tulpn 'sport = :2915'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :2915

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :2915
another host
nmap -sV -p T:2915 <host>
sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:2915 <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 :2915

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 :2915 yet

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

ports registered around :2915, by lookups.

risk mix of the 8 listed

  • safe38%
  • caution63%

0 of 8 encrypted