Port 7071IWGADTS Aircraft Housekeeping Message

Port assigned for IWGADTS aircraft housekeeping messages over TCP or UDP.

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 5,188 · top 19%

also known as iwg1

Technical Details

what runs on :7071

IWGADTS Aircraft Housekeeping Message is registered on port :7071 over tcp and udp to Don Sullivan, assigned February 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 found open rarely. What's listening is often not the registered service, so check before you assume.

find what's listening on :7071

this machine
# linux
sudo ss -tulpn 'sport = :7071'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :7071

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :7071
another host
nmap -sV -p T:7071 <host>
sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:7071 <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 :7071

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 :7071 yet

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

ports registered around :7071, by lookups.

risk mix of the 8 listed

  • safe38%
  • caution50%
  • risk13%

0 of 8 encrypted