Port 5245DownTools Control Protocol
TCP/5245 is assigned to the DownTools Control Protocol, an obscure service with no established public deployment.
- transport
- tcp
- in transit
- cleartext
- assignment
- official
- risk
- 1/10
- lookups
- 0
single transport
payload readable on path
registered with iana
safe
rank 993 of 5,419 · top 18%
1 other service is registered on port 5245. compare all 2 →
Technical Details
what runs on :5245DownTools Control Protocol is registered on port :5245 over tcp to Jarrod Sayers, assigned April 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 never observed open, so if it's open on your network it's more likely a custom or misconfigured service than the registered one.
find what's listening on :5245
# linux
sudo ss -tlpn 'sport = :5245'
# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :5245
# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :5245nmap -sV -p T:5245 <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 :5245risk 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
every listening transport is another surface to filter at the edge
security overview
no security notes recorded for :5245 yet
known exploits, hardening advice, what a compromise looks like — suggest an edit if you know its exposure.
Related Ports
ports registered around :5245, by lookups.
| port | service | risk | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| :5247 | CAPWAP Data | UDP | Network Services | caution | 17.9k |
| :5223 | XMPP over SSL | TCPtls | Security | caution | 16.3k |
| :5246 | CAPWAP Control | UDP | Network Services | caution | 13.2k |
| :5269 | XMPP Server Connection | TCP | Network Services | caution | 12.8k |
| :5222 | XMPP Client Connection | TCP | Network Services | caution | 11.7k |
| :5298 | XMPP Link-Local / Serverless Messaging | TCPUDP | Network Services | caution | 9.5k |
| :5190 | ICQ & AIM | TCP | Voice and Chat | caution | 8.5k |
| :5308 | CFEngine | TCPUDPtls | Security | risk | 0 |
risk mix of the 8 listed
- caution88%
- risk13%
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