Port 33123Aurora (Balaena Ltd)
Aurora, a Balaena Ltd service, is the only documented purpose for TCP/UDP 33123.
- transport
- tcp · udp
- in transit
- cleartext
- assignment
- official
- risk
- 1/10
- lookups
- 0
2 transports registered
payload readable on path
registered with iana
safe
rank 993 of 6,548 · top 15%
Technical Details
what runs on :33123Aurora (Balaena Ltd) is registered on port :33123 over tcp and udp to Andrew Mather, assigned February 2008. 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 :33123
# linux
sudo ss -tulpn 'sport = :33123'
# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :33123
# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :33123nmap -sV -p T:33123 <host>
sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:33123 <host>run it? the handshake, the implementations you meet in the wild and the flags that matter come from the engineers who do.
add technical detailsSecurity Information
exposure of :33123risk 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 :33123 yet
known exploits, hardening advice, what a compromise looks like — suggest an edit if you know its exposure.
Related Ports
ports registered around :33123, by lookups.
| port | service | risk | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| :33060 | MySQL X Protocol | TCPtls | Databases | risk | 0 |
risk mix of the 1 listed
- risk100%
1 of 1 encrypted