Port 6268Grid Authentication

TCP/UDP 6268 is assigned to Grid Authentication, a service registered by Jason Hamilton with no widely documented deployment.

inSecurity

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

Technical Details

what runs on :6268

Grid Authentication is registered on port :6268 over tcp and udp to Jason Hamilton, assigned June 2006. 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 :6268

this machine

# linux
sudo ss -tulpn 'sport = :6268'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :6268

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :6268

another host

nmap -sV -p T:6268 <host>
sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:6268 <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 :6268

risk score

1/ 10safe

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

security averages 3.0 across 402 ports — this one sits 2.0 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 :6268 yet

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

Record

iana registry entry

port: :6268
service: Grid Authentication
transport: TCPUDP
encryption: cleartext
assignment: iana registered
risk: 1/10safe
category: Security
usage: The registry lists this as Grid Authentication and names Jason Hamilton as the registrant. No established public implementation or common deployment is known, and it has not appeared open in Nmap's internet-scan data.
lookups: 0rank 993
added: 2026-10-10
updated: 2026-10-10
references: IANA service name registry — port 6268

Something wrong?

This record is maintained by the engineers who use port 6268. 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 2026-10-10.

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risk mix of the 8 listed

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Port :6268Grid Authentication

Technical Details

Security Information

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Port 6268Grid Authentication