2 entries are registered on port 6050. It is a registered port (1024–49151) — IANA records an assignee, but nothing stops other software from listening here, which is why the number carries more than one entry.
services registered on this number
1 transport in use
entries encrypted on the wire
0 of 2 iana-registered
| port | service | proto | category | risk | views |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| :6050 | Arcserve Backup | TCP | File Transfer | caution | 5.7k |
| :6050 | Nortel Software | TCP | Network Services | caution | 5.4k |
Brightstor Arcserve Backup (now known as Arcserve Backup) is a comprehensive data protection solution that provides disk-based and tape-based backup, recovery, and archiving for enterprise environments. It assists businesses in securing their crucial data by automating backup processes for servers, applications, and databases, facilitating disaster recovery, and supporting various storage media.
port 6050 as Arcserve Backup →Port 6050 is commonly associated with proprietary services used by legacy Nortel Networks software and communication systems, often involving diagnostics, configuration, or internal messaging functions. As Nortel equipment is often deployed in enterprise or telecom environments, this port may be part of system integration or management tasks for their infrastructure components.
port 6050 as Nortel Software →The registry says what 6050 is registered to. What is listening on it right now is decided by the host, and only the host can be asked. Each of these prints the process behind the socket.
ss -ltnp | grep ':6050\b'lsof -nP -iTCP:6050 -sTCP:LISTENnetstat -ano | findstr :6050On Linux and Windows the process name comes back with the socket; on macOS lsof needs sudo to name a process that isn't yours. Match what it prints against the 2 entries above.
A port number is not a service. Anything may listen on 6050 — what you actually met is decided by the host, not the registry. If a service is missing here, it belongs in the registry.
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