Port 7163CA Connection Broker

TCP and UDP port 7163 are assigned to the CA Connection Broker service.

transport: tcp · udp
in transit: cleartext
assignment: official
risk: 1/10
lookups: 0

also known as cacsambroker

Technical Details

what runs on :7163

CA Connection Broker is registered on port :7163 over tcp and udp to David Roberts, assigned May 2005. 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 :7163

this machine

# linux
sudo ss -tulpn 'sport = :7163'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :7163

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :7163

another host

nmap -sV -p T:7163 <host>
sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:7163 <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 :7163

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 :7163 yet

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

Record

iana registry entry

port: :7163
service: CA Connection Broker
transport: TCPUDP
encryption: cleartext
assignment: iana registered
risk: 1/10safe
category: uncategorised
usage: IANA lists TCP and UDP port 7163 for CA Connection Broker under the service name cacsambroker. The registration is held by David Roberts and dates to 2005-05-01; no widely established deployment is known.
lookups: 0rank 993
added: 2026-10-12
updated: 2026-10-12
references: IANA service name registry — port 7163

Something wrong?

This record is maintained by the engineers who use port 7163. Every field on it is editable — change what's wrong, say how you know, and a reviewer publishes it, usually within a minute. Last touched 2026-10-12.

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Related Ports

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ports registered around :7163, by lookups.

port	service	proto	category	risk	views
:7133	Quake Wars Server	TCP	Gaming	caution	6.4k
:7144	Peercast	TCP	Network Services	caution	5.4k
:7145	PeerCast	TCP	Network Services	caution	5.1k
:7171	Tibia	TCP	Gaming	caution	4.8k
:7200	FODMS FLIP	TCPUDP	—	safe	0
:7123	SNIF End-to-End TLS Relay Control Connection	TCPUDPtls	Security	safe	0
:7201	DLIP	TCPUDP	—	safe	0
:7100	X Font Server	TCPUDP	Network Services	caution	0

risk mix of the 8 listed

safe38%
caution63%

1 of 8 encrypted

Port :7163CA Connection Broker

Technical Details

Security Information

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Port 7163CA Connection Broker