Port 5023Htuil Server for PLD2

Htuil Server for PLD2 uses TCP and UDP port 5023.

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 5,200 · top 19%

also known as htuilsrv

Technical Details

what runs on :5023

Htuil Server for PLD2 is registered on port :5023 over tcp and udp to Dennis Reinhardt. 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 :5023

this machine
# linux
sudo ss -tulpn 'sport = :5023'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :5023

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :5023
another host
nmap -sV -p T:5023 <host>
sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:5023 <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 :5023

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 :5023 yet

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

ports registered around :5023, by lookups.

risk mix of the 8 listed

  • safe13%
  • caution88%

0 of 8 encrypted