Port 4418AXYS communication protocol

UDP port 4418 carries the AXYS communication protocol associated with Duran Audio equipment.

transport
udp

single transport

in transit
cleartext

payload readable on path

assignment
official

registered with iana

risk
1/10

safe

lookups
0

rank 993 of 5,105 · top 19%

also known as axysbridge

Technical Details

what runs on :4418

AXYS communication protocol is registered on port :4418 over udp to Duran Audio B.V., assigned March 2016. 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 :4418

this machine
# linux
sudo ss -ulpn 'sport = :4418'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :4418

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :4418
another host
sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:4418 <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 :4418

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

udp

udp is connectionless — source addresses are trivially spoofed and it is a reflection favourite

security overview

no security notes recorded for :4418 yet

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

ports registered around :4418, by lookups.

risk mix of the 8 listed

  • safe75%
  • caution25%

0 of 8 encrypted