Port 6831ambit-lm
IANA assigns TCP and UDP port 6831 to ambit-lm; no established public service behavior is documented.
- transport
- tcp · udp
- in transit
- cleartext
- assignment
- official
- risk
- 1/10
- lookups
- 0
2 transports registered
payload readable on path
registered with iana
safe
rank 993 of 5,783 · top 17%
Technical Details
what runs on :6831ambit-lm is registered on port :6831 over tcp and udp to Don Hejna. 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 :6831
# linux
sudo ss -tulpn 'sport = :6831'
# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :6831
# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :6831nmap -sV -p T:6831 <host>
sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:6831 <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 :6831risk 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 :6831 yet
known exploits, hardening advice, what a compromise looks like — suggest an edit if you know its exposure.
Related Ports
ports registered around :6831, by lookups.
| port | service | risk | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| :6888 | BitTorrent | TCPUDP | File Transfer | caution | 13.4k |
| :6771 | Polycom Broadcast | UDP | Network Services | caution | 13.2k |
| :6889 | BitTorrent | TCPUDP | File Transfer | caution | 11.2k |
| :6888 | MUSE | TCPUDP | File Transfer | caution | 11.2k |
| :6881 | BitTorrent | TCPUDP | File Transfer | caution | 10.9k |
| :6891 | BitTorrent Data Transfer | TCPUDP | File Transfer | caution | 9.9k |
| :6789 | LoggerNet Datalogger | TCP | Network Services | caution | 9.2k |
| :6891 | Windows Live Messenger File Transfer | TCPUDP | File Transfer | caution | 5.8k |
risk mix of the 8 listed
- caution100%
0 of 8 encrypted