Port 6656Emergency Message Control Service

TCP port 6656 is assigned to the Emergency Message Control Service; no established public implementation is known.

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

also known as emgmsg

Technical Details

what runs on :6656

Emergency Message Control Service is registered on port :6656 over tcp to Gerry Gorman, assigned December 2010. 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 :6656

this machine

# linux
sudo ss -tlpn 'sport = :6656'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :6656

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :6656

another host

nmap -sV -p T:6656 <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 :6656

risk score

1/ 10safe

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

network services averages 2.6 across 1,735 ports — this one sits 1.6 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

every listening transport is another surface to filter at the edge

security overview

no security notes recorded for :6656 yet

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

Record

iana registry entry

port: :6656
service: Emergency Message Control Service
transport: TCP
encryption: cleartext
assignment: iana registered
risk: 1/10safe
category: Network Services
usage: This is an obscure IANA TCP assignment for the Emergency Message Control Service, registered to Gerry Gorman. No broadly documented implementation or routine public use is known.
lookups: 0rank 993
added: 2026-10-11
updated: 2026-10-11
references: IANA service name registry — port 6656

Something wrong?

This record is maintained by the engineers who use port 6656. 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 2026-10-11.

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risk mix of the 8 listed

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Port :6656Emergency Message Control Service

Technical Details

Security Information

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Port 6656Emergency Message Control Service