Port 5994RiverMeadow RMS Agent

TCP port 5994 is assigned to the RiverMeadow RMS Agent listening service.

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

also known as RMS Agent Listening Service

Technical Details

what runs on :5994

RiverMeadow RMS Agent is registered on port :5994 over tcp to RiverMeadow Software Inc, assigned March 2021. 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 :5994

this machine

# linux
sudo ss -tlpn 'sport = :5994'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :5994

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :5994

another host

nmap -sV -p T:5994 <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 :5994

risk score

1/ 10safe

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

cloud averages 4.1 across 116 ports — this one sits 3.1 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

every listening transport is another surface to filter at the edge

security overview

no security notes recorded for :5994 yet

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

Record

iana registry entry

port: :5994
service: RiverMeadow RMS Agent
transport: TCP
encryption: cleartext
assignment: iana registered
risk: 1/10safe
category: Cloud
usage: IANA assigns TCP 5994 to the RMS Agent Listening Service and lists RiverMeadow Software Inc. as the registrant. The assignment alone does not establish deployment details or how commonly the service is used.
lookups: 0rank 993
added: 2026-10-09
updated: 2026-10-09
references: IANA service name registry — port 5994

Something wrong?

This record is maintained by the engineers who use port 5994. 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 2026-10-09.

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Port :5994RiverMeadow RMS Agent

Technical Details

Security Information

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Port 5994RiverMeadow RMS Agent