Port 7272WatchMe Monitoring

WatchMe Monitoring uses TCP and UDP port 7272 for monitoring traffic.

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

also known as watchme-7272

Technical Details

what runs on :7272

WatchMe Monitoring is registered on port :7272 over tcp and udp to Oliver Heinz, assigned August 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 found open rarely. What's listening is often not the registered service, so check before you assume.

find what's listening on :7272

this machine

# linux
sudo ss -tulpn 'sport = :7272'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :7272

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :7272

another host

nmap -sV -p T:7272 <host>
sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:7272 <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 :7272

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 :7272 yet

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

Record

iana registry entry

port: :7272
service: WatchMe Monitoring
transport: TCPUDP
encryption: cleartext
assignment: iana registered
risk: 1/10safe
category: uncategorised
usage: Port 7272 is assigned to WatchMe Monitoring over TCP and UDP. The assignment was registered by Oliver Heinz in 2005; public protocol and deployment details are not specified.
lookups: 0rank 993
added: 2026-09-10
updated: 2026-09-10
references: IANA service name registry — port 7272

Something wrong?

This record is maintained by the engineers who use port 7272. 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 2026-09-10.

01edit any field on a page of its own
02a model checks it for accuracy and spam
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ports registered around :7272, by lookups.

port	service	proto	category	risk	views
:7312	Sibelius License Server	UDP	System	caution	7.7k
:7306	Zimbra MySQL Mailbox	TCP	Email	caution	7.0k
:7307	Zimbra MySQL Logger	TCP	Email	caution	6.9k
:7274	OMA Roaming Location SEC	TCPUDP	Mobile	safe	0
:7275	OMA UserPlane Location	TCPUDP	Mobile	safe	0
:7278	OMA Dynamic Content Delivery over CBS	TCPUDP	Mobile	safe	0
:7281	ITActionServer 2	TCPUDP	—	safe	0

risk mix of the 7 listed

safe57%
caution43%

0 of 7 encrypted

Port :7272WatchMe Monitoring

Technical Details

Security Information

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Port 7272WatchMe Monitoring