Port 5227HP System Performance Metric Service

Port assigned to the HP System Performance Metric Service for performance monitoring traffic.

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

also known as perfd

Technical Details

what runs on :5227

HP System Performance Metric Service is registered on port :5227 over tcp and udp to Chris Bertin, assigned May 2009. 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 :5227

this machine

# linux
sudo ss -tulpn 'sport = :5227'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :5227

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :5227

another host

nmap -sV -p T:5227 <host>
sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:5227 <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 :5227

risk score

1/ 10safe

routine exposure. this port is rarely the way in on its own — keep it patched and logged and move on.

system averages 2.7 across 911 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 :5227 yet

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

Record

iana registry entry

port: :5227
service: HP System Performance Metric Service
transport: TCPUDP
encryption: cleartext
assignment: iana registered
risk: 1/10safe
category: System
usage: IANA assigns TCP and UDP port 5227 to the HP System Performance Metric Service. The assignment was registered by Chris Bertin in 2009; public deployment details are not documented here.
lookups: 0rank 993
added: 2026-09-06
updated: 2026-09-06
references: IANA service name registry — port 5227

Something wrong?

This record is maintained by the engineers who use port 5227. 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 2026-09-06.

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risk mix of the 8 listed

caution100%

0 of 8 encrypted

Port :5227HP System Performance Metric Service

Technical Details

Security Information

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Port 5227HP System Performance Metric Service