Port 7007OpenAFS Basic Overseer Server (BOS)

OpenAFS BOS administration service for supervising and controlling servers and processes.

transport: tcp · udp
in transit: cleartext
assignment: official
risk: 7/10
lookups: 0

also known as afs3-bos, BOS server

Technical Details

what runs on :7007

BOS uses the OpenAFS Rx remote-procedure-call protocol over TCP and UDP. Clients issue BOS management operations such as listing instances, retrieving logs, and controlling processes; authentication commonly uses OpenAFS Kerberos-based Rx security, while deployments may also permit unauthenticated status operations. The standard port is TCP/UDP 7007, alongside OpenAFS services such as fileserver on 7000, callback service on 7001, protection server on 7002, volume location server on 7003, and volume server on 7005.

Security Information

exposure of :7007

risk score

7/ 10risk

treat as sensitive. widely scanned and regularly exploited when reachable — restrict it to known sources.

remote access averages 3.9 across 125 ports — this one sits 3.1 above.

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

BOS is a remote administration interface and should be restricted to trusted cell-management hosts rather than exposed to the public internet. An attacker who can authenticate may control supervised processes or alter their configuration; weak, misconfigured, or unauthenticated access can make this especially dangerous. Use appropriate Rx security, firewalling, and host-level access controls.

Record

iana registry entry

port: :7007
service: OpenAFS Basic Overseer Server (BOS)
transport: TCPUDP
encryption: cleartext
assignment: iana registered
risk: 7/10risk
category: Remote Access Network Services
usage: Port 7007 is used by the OpenAFS Basic Overseer Server, or bosserver, on AFS servers. Administrators use it to query, start, stop, restart, and configure managed server processes; it is normally encountered alongside other OpenAFS ports in an AFS cell.
lookups: 0rank 994
added: 2026-08-26
updated: 2026-08-26
references: IANA service name registry — port 7007

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the 8 most looked-up other ports in remote access — 125 ports carry that label.

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:23	Telnet	TCP	Remote Access	caution	34.8k

risk mix of the 8 listed

safe13%
caution88%

0 of 8 encrypted

Port :7007OpenAFS Basic Overseer Server (BOS)

Technical Details

Security Information

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Port 7007OpenAFS Basic Overseer Server (BOS)