Port 671VACDSM-APP

VACDSM-APP is the IANA-assigned service name for TCP/UDP port 671; no public implementation or common deployment is recorded.

transport
tcp · udp

2 transports registered

in transit
cleartext

payload readable on path

assignment
official

registered with iana

risk
1/10

safe

lookups
0

rank 993 of 5,330 · top 19%

Technical Details

what runs on :671

VACDSM-APP is registered on port :671 over tcp and udp. 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 :671

this machine
# linux
sudo ss -tulpn 'sport = :671'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :671

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :671
another host
nmap -sV -p T:671 <host>
sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:671 <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 :671

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 :671 yet

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

ports registered around :671, by lookups.

portservicerisk
:660Mac OS X Server Admincaution
:623ASF-RMCPcaution
:636LDAPScaution
:712TBRPF Protocolcaution
:695IEEE-MMS-SSLcaution
:639MSDPcaution
:647DHCP Failovercaution
:654Media Management Protocolcaution

risk mix of the 8 listed

  • caution100%

2 of 8 encrypted