Port 3497ipEther232Port

ipEther232Port is an obscure TCP/UDP assignment apparently intended for IP-to-RS-232 serial connectivity.

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

Technical Details

what runs on :3497

ipEther232Port is registered on port :3497 over tcp and udp to Marcus Leufgen, assigned May 2002. 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 :3497

this machine

# linux
sudo ss -tulpn 'sport = :3497'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :3497

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :3497

another host

nmap -sV -p T:3497 <host>
sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:3497 <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 :3497

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 :3497 yet

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

Record

iana registry entry

port: :3497
service: ipEther232Port
transport: TCPUDP
encryption: cleartext
assignment: iana registered
risk: 1/10safe
category: uncategorised
usage: IANA assigns TCP and UDP port 3497 to ipEther232Port, registered by Marcus Leufgen on 2002-05-01. No broadly documented implementation or deployment pattern is established from the registry entry.
lookups: 0rank 993
added: 2026-09-12
updated: 2026-09-12
references: IANA service name registry — port 3497

Something wrong?

This record is maintained by the engineers who use port 3497. 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.

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ports registered around :3497, by lookups.

port	service	proto	category	risk	views
:3483	Slim Devices Discovery	UDP	Streaming	caution	9.7k
:3483	SlimProto	TCP	Streaming	caution	9.0k
:3455	RSVP Protocol	TCPUDP	Network Services	caution	8.2k
:3516	Smartcard Service	TCPUDP	Security	caution	8.0k
:3544	Teredo	UDP	Security	caution	7.8k
:3527	MSMQ	UDP	Network Services	caution	7.3k
:3478	STUN	TCPUDP	Network Services	caution	7.0k
:3532	Raven RMC	TCPUDP	Remote Access	caution	5.9k

risk mix of the 8 listed

caution100%

0 of 8 encrypted

Port :3497ipEther232Port

Technical Details

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Port 3497ipEther232Port