Port 3161DOC1 License Manager

TCP and UDP port 3161 is assigned to DOC1 License Manager, a service with little public deployment evidence.

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 4,527 · top 22%

also known as doc1lm

Technical Details

what runs on :3161

DOC1 License Manager is registered on port :3161 over tcp and udp to Greg Goodson. 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 :3161

this machine
# linux
sudo ss -tulpn 'sport = :3161'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :3161

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :3161
another host
nmap -sV -p T:3161 <host>
sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:3161 <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 :3161

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 :3161 yet

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

ports registered around :3161, by lookups.

risk mix of the 8 listed

  • safe38%
  • caution63%

1 of 8 encrypted