Port 3131Net Bookmark

Net Bookmark is an obscure service assigned to TCP and UDP port 3131.

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 4,044 · top 25%

Technical Details

what runs on :3131

Net Bookmark is registered on port :3131 over tcp and udp to Yiftach Ravid. 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.

IANA has recorded this port being used for something it was not assigned for.

find what's listening on :3131

this machine
# linux
sudo ss -tulpn 'sport = :3131'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :3131

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :3131
another host
nmap -sV -p T:3131 <host>
sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:3131 <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 :3131

risk score

1/ 10safe

routine exposure. this port is rarely the way in on its own — keep it patched and logged and move on.

network services averages 2.7 across 1,304 ports — this one sits 1.7 below.

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 :3131 yet

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

the 8 most looked-up other ports in network services — 1,304 ports carry that label.

risk mix of the 8 listed

  • caution100%

0 of 8 encrypted