Port 3146bears-02

bears-02 is an obscure service assignment on TCP and UDP port 3146.

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

Technical Details

what runs on :3146

bears-02 is registered on port :3146 over tcp and udp to Bruce McKinnon 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 :3146

this machine

# linux
sudo ss -tulpn 'sport = :3146'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :3146

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :3146

another host

nmap -sV -p T:3146 <host>
sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:3146 <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 :3146

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 :3146 yet

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

Record

iana registry entry

port: :3146
service: bears-02
transport: TCPUDP
encryption: cleartext
assignment: iana registered
risk: 1/10safe
category: uncategorised
usage: Port 3146 is assigned to the bears-02 service name for both TCP and UDP. The assignment is registered to Bruce McKinnon 2 and is rarely observed in internet-wide scans.
lookups: 0rank 993
added: 2026-09-12
updated: 2026-09-12
references: IANA service name registry — port 3146

Something wrong?

This record is maintained by the engineers who use port 3146. 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 2026-09-12.

01edit any field on a page of its own
02a model checks it for accuracy and spam
03clean and confident goes live immediately

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ports registered around :3146, by lookups.

port	service	proto	category	risk	views
:3128	Tatsoft Default HTTP Proxy	TCP	Web Services	caution	46.8k
:3128	Squid Proxy HTTP	TCP	Web Services	caution	45.8k
:3100	Tatsoft HTTP Port	TCP	Web Services	caution	19.4k
:3101	BlackBerry BES Cloud Comm	TCP	Cloud	caution	7.1k
:3094	Jiiva RapidMQ Registry	TCPUDP	Network Services	safe	0
:3162	SFLM	TCPUDP	—	safe	0
:3141	VMODEM	TCPUDP	—	safe	0
:3170	SERVERVIEW-ASN	TCPUDP	—	safe	0

risk mix of the 8 listed

safe50%
caution50%

0 of 8 encrypted

Port :3146bears-02

Technical Details

Security Information

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Port 3146bears-02