Port 6162PATROL Collector

IANA lists TCP/UDP 6162 for PATROL Collector; no widely established protocol behavior is known.

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

Technical Details

what runs on :6162

PATROL Collector is registered on port :6162 over tcp and udp to Portnoy Boxman, assigned January 2005. 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 :6162

this machine

# linux
sudo ss -tulpn 'sport = :6162'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :6162

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :6162

another host

nmap -sV -p T:6162 <host>
sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:6162 <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 :6162

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 :6162 yet

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

Record

iana registry entry

port: :6162
service: PATROL Collector
transport: TCPUDP
encryption: cleartext
assignment: iana registered
risk: 1/10safe
category: uncategorised
usage: IANA assigns TCP and UDP port 6162 to PATROL Collector, registered to Portnoy Boxman in 2005. The registry gives no protocol details, and the port has not appeared open in the cited internet-wide scan data.
lookups: 0rank 993
added: 2026-10-09
updated: 2026-10-09
references: IANA service name registry — port 6162

Something wrong?

This record is maintained by the engineers who use port 6162. 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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ports registered around :6162, by lookups.

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:6101	Backup Exec Browser	TCP	File Transfer	caution	15.2k
:6112	Battle.net Gaming	TCP	Gaming	caution	13.6k
:6129	DameWare Remote Control	TCP	Remote Access	caution	10.4k
:6112	DTSPCD	TCPUDP	Remote Access	caution	10.4k
:6112	Club Penguin Server	TCP	Gaming	caution	9.0k
:6113	Club Penguin	TCP	Gaming	caution	6.8k
:6110	HP Softbench CM	TCPUDP	Network Services	caution	5.7k
:6111	HP Softbench SPC	TCPUDP	System	caution	4.7k

risk mix of the 8 listed

caution100%

0 of 8 encrypted

Port :6162PATROL Collector

Technical Details

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Port 6162PATROL Collector