Port 6868Acctopus Status
UDP port 6868 is assigned to Acctopus Status, a service registered by Stefan Auweiler.
- transport
- udp
- in transit
- cleartext
- assignment
- official
- risk
- 1/10
- lookups
- 0
single transport
payload readable on path
registered with iana
safe
rank 993 of 5,787 · top 17%
1 other service is registered on port 6868. compare all 2 →
Technical Details
what runs on :6868Acctopus Status is registered on port :6868 over udp to Stefan Auweiler, assigned November 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 :6868
# linux
sudo ss -ulpn 'sport = :6868'
# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :6868
# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :6868sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:6868 <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 :6868risk 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
udp
udp is connectionless — source addresses are trivially spoofed and it is a reflection favourite
security overview
no security notes recorded for :6868 yet
known exploits, hardening advice, what a compromise looks like — suggest an edit if you know its exposure.
Related Ports
ports registered around :6868, by lookups.
| port | service | risk | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| :6888 | BitTorrent | TCPUDP | File Transfer | caution | 13.4k |
| :6889 | BitTorrent | TCPUDP | File Transfer | caution | 11.2k |
| :6888 | MUSE | TCPUDP | File Transfer | caution | 11.2k |
| :6881 | BitTorrent | TCPUDP | File Transfer | caution | 10.9k |
| :6901 | BitTorrent | TCPUDP | File Transfer | caution | 10.2k |
| :6891 | BitTorrent Data Transfer | TCPUDP | File Transfer | caution | 9.9k |
| :6902 | BitTorrent | TCPUDP | File Transfer | caution | 9.7k |
| :6901 | Windows Live Messenger Voice | TCPUDP | Streaming | caution | 6.0k |
risk mix of the 8 listed
- caution100%
0 of 8 encrypted