Port 3038Santak UPS

Port 3038 is assigned to the Santak UPS service, but its protocol and typical deployment are not publicly established.

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

Technical Details

what runs on :3038

Santak UPS is registered on port :3038 over tcp and udp to Tom Liu. 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 :3038

this machine

# linux
sudo ss -tulpn 'sport = :3038'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :3038

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :3038

another host

nmap -sV -p T:3038 <host>
sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:3038 <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 :3038

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 :3038 yet

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

Record

iana registry entry

port: :3038
service: Santak UPS
transport: TCPUDP
encryption: cleartext
assignment: iana registered
risk: 1/10safe
category: uncategorised
usage: The IANA service name is santak-ups, described as “Santak UPS,” and the registration lists Tom Liu. The registry provides no protocol notes, and the port has not appeared open in Nmap's internet-wide scan data.
lookups: 0rank 993
added: 2026-09-26
updated: 2026-09-26
references: IANA service name registry — port 3038

Something wrong?

This record is maintained by the engineers who use port 3038. 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 2026-09-26.

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:3008	Miralix Proxy	TCPtls	Security	caution	12.8k
:3000	Distributed Interactive Simulation	UDP	Network Services	caution	11.7k
:3017	Miralix IVR & Voicemail	TCP	Network Services	caution	11.5k
:3006	Miralix SMS Connector	TCP	Mobile	caution	11.3k

risk mix of the 8 listed

caution100%

1 of 8 encrypted

Port :3038Santak UPS

Technical Details

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Port 3038Santak UPS