Port 6568CanIt Storage Manager
TCP 6568 is the historic CanIt Storage Manager assignment; no common deployment or internet exposure is established.
- transport
- tcp
- in transit
- cleartext
- assignment
- official
- risk
- 1/10
- lookups
- 0
single transport
payload readable on path
registered with iana
safe
rank 993 of 5,728 · top 17%
also known as canit_store, canit-store
1 other service is registered on port 6568. compare all 2 →
Technical Details
what runs on :6568CanIt Storage Manager is registered on port :6568 over tcp to Dianne Skoll, assigned April 2009. 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 :6568
# linux
sudo ss -tlpn 'sport = :6568'
# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :6568
# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :6568nmap -sV -p T:6568 <host>run it? the handshake, the implementations you meet in the wild and the flags that matter come from the engineers who do.
add technical detailsSecurity Information
exposure of :6568risk 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
every listening transport is another surface to filter at the edge
security overview
no security notes recorded for :6568 yet
known exploits, hardening advice, what a compromise looks like — suggest an edit if you know its exposure.
Related Ports
ports registered around :6568, by lookups.
| port | service | risk | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| :6543 | Jetnet | UDP | Network Services | caution | 65.3k |
| :6619 | Odette FTPS | TCPUDPtls | Security | caution | 16.0k |
| :6571 | Windows Live FolderShare | File Transfer | caution | 11.2k | |
| :6522 | Gobby Collaboration | TCP | Remote Access | caution | 10.5k |
| :6523 | Gobby Collaborative Editing | TCP | Network Services | caution | 10.4k |
| :6566 | SANE Scanner Daemon | TCP | Network Services | caution | 7.3k |
| :6600 | Music Player Daemon | TCP | Streaming | caution | 7.1k |
| :6627 | Allied Electronics NeXGen | TCPUDP | — | safe | 0 |
risk mix of the 8 listed
- safe13%
- caution88%
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