Port 3824Compute Pool Policy

Compute Pool Policy traffic assigned to TCP and UDP port 3824.

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

also known as acp-policy

Technical Details

what runs on :3824

Compute Pool Policy is registered on port :3824 over tcp and udp to Andy Belk 2, assigned February 2005. 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 :3824

this machine

# linux
sudo ss -tulpn 'sport = :3824'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :3824

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :3824

another host

nmap -sV -p T:3824 <host>
sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:3824 <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 :3824

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 :3824 yet

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

Record

iana registry entry

port: :3824
service: Compute Pool Policy
transport: TCPUDP
encryption: cleartext
assignment: iana registered
risk: 1/10safe
category: uncategorised
usage: This assignment denotes Compute Pool Policy traffic on TCP and UDP port 3824. IANA lists Andy Belk 2 as the registrant; public deployment and protocol details are not established.
lookups: 0rank 993
added: 2026-09-09
updated: 2026-09-09
references: IANA service name registry — port 3824

Something wrong?

This record is maintained by the engineers who use port 3824. 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 2026-09-09.

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 :3824, by lookups.

port	service	proto	category	risk	views
:3872	Oracle Management Agent	TCP	Databases	caution	14.3k
:3868	Diameter Protocol	TCPSCTP	Security	caution	7.7k
:3880	IGRS	TCPUDP	Network Services	caution	5.2k
:3784	Ventrilo	TCPUDP	Gaming	caution	4.9k
:3800	HGG Application Port	TCP	Network Services	caution	4.8k
:3785	Ventrilo Voice Chat	UDP	Gaming	caution	4.4k
:3784	Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)	TCPUDP	Security	caution	0
:3801	IBM Manager Service	TCPUDP	System	safe	0

risk mix of the 8 listed

safe13%
caution88%

0 of 8 encrypted

Port :3824Compute Pool Policy

Technical Details

Security Information

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Port 3824Compute Pool Policy