Port 6401SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise Web Application Server

Port 6401 is assigned to SAP's BOE-WAS service, an obscure BusinessObjects Enterprise Web Application Server entry.

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

also known as boe-was

Technical Details

what runs on :6401

SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise Web Application Server is registered on port :6401 to SAP 2, assigned May 2008. 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 :6401

this machine

# linux
sudo ss -tulpn 'sport = :6401'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :6401

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :6401

another host

nmap -sV -p T:6401 <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 :6401

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

unknown

every listening transport is another surface to filter at the edge

security overview

no security notes recorded for :6401 yet

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

Record

iana registry entry

port: :6401
service: SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise Web Application Server
transport: unknown
encryption: cleartext
assignment: iana registered
risk: 1/10safe
category: uncategorised
usage: IANA assigns the name boe-was on port 6401 to SAP. The name suggests BusinessObjects Enterprise Web Application Server, but there is not enough established usage information to describe its protocol or typical deployment.
lookups: 0rank 993
added: 2026-10-10
updated: 2026-10-10
references: IANA service name registry — port 6401

Something wrong?

This record is maintained by the engineers who use port 6401. 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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ports registered around :6401, by lookups.

port	service	proto	category	risk	views
:6346	Gnutella P2P	TCPUDP	File Transfer	caution	13.6k
:6350	ADAP	TCPUDP	Network Services	caution	13.5k
:6444	SGE Qmaster	TCPUDP	Network Services	caution	8.8k
:6432	PgBouncer	TCP	Databases	caution	8.7k
:6347	Gnutella Router Alternate Port	TCPUDP	File Transfer	caution	8.3k
:6445	Sun Grid Engine Exec	TCPUDP	System	caution	8.1k
:6343	sFlow Monitoring	UDP	Security	caution	7.1k
:6389	EMC CLARiiON	TCP	Databases	caution	4.9k

risk mix of the 8 listed

caution100%

0 of 8 encrypted

Port :6401SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise Web Application Server

Technical Details

Security Information

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Port 6401SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise Web Application Server