Port 398Kryptolan
Kryptolan is an obscure networking service assigned to TCP and UDP port 398.
- transport
- tcp · udp
- in transit
- encrypted
- assignment
- official
- risk
- 1/10
- lookups
- 0
2 transports registered
payload protected on the wire
registered with iana
safe
rank 993 of 5,259 · top 19%
Technical Details
what runs on :398Kryptolan is registered on port :398 over tcp and udp to Peter de Laval. 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 :398
# linux
sudo ss -tulpn 'sport = :398'
# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :398
# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :398nmap -sV -p T:398 <host>
sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:398 <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 :398risk score
1/ 10safe
routine exposure. this port is rarely the way in on its own — keep it patched and logged and move on.
network services averages 2.6 across 1,567 ports — this one sits 1.6 below.
in transit
encrypted
payloads are protected on the wire
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 :398 yet
known exploits, hardening advice, what a compromise looks like — suggest an edit if you know its exposure.
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risk mix of the 8 listed
- caution100%
0 of 8 encrypted