Port 5002Radio Free Ethernet

Radio Free Ethernet traffic may use TCP or UDP port 5002.

transport
tcp · udp

2 transports registered

in transit
cleartext

payload readable on path

assignment
official

registered with iana

risk
1/10

safe

lookups
0

rank 993 of 4,667 · top 21%

also known as rfe

Technical Details

what runs on :5002

Radio Free Ethernet is registered on port :5002 over tcp and udp. 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 sometimes. What's listening is often not the registered service, so check before you assume.

find what's listening on :5002

this machine
# linux
sudo ss -tulpn 'sport = :5002'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :5002

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :5002
another host
nmap -sV -p T:5002 <host>
sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:5002 <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 :5002

risk 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 2.7 across 1,390 ports — this one sits 1.7 below.

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 :5002 yet

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

the 8 most looked-up other ports in network services — 1,390 ports carry that label.

risk mix of the 8 listed

  • caution100%

0 of 8 encrypted