Port 7542Saratoga Transfer Protocol

Saratoga is a lightweight file-transfer protocol designed for bulk data over high-bandwidth or long-delay links.

transport: tcp · udp
in transit: cleartext
assignment: official
risk: 2/10
lookups: 0

Technical Details

what runs on :7542

Saratoga is designed for transferring files over challenging links, including high-bandwidth, long-delay paths. It defines its own transfer messages and offset-based file data rather than being a general-purpose application protocol; the IANA assignment covers both TCP and UDP on port 7542. It is not a port engineers should expect to find listening on ordinary hosts, and there is no commonly deployed alternative service associated with this port.

Security Information

exposure of :7542

risk score

2/ 10safe

routine exposure. this port is rarely the way in on its own — keep it patched and logged and move on.

file transfer averages 3.3 across 197 ports — this one sits 1.3 below.

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

Saratoga traffic is not encrypted by default, so it should not be assumed safe to expose or to carry confidential data. If you operate a listener, restrict access to intended peers and monitor its use; the protocol and port are uncommon, and no broadly exploited vulnerability is known.

Record

iana registry entry

port: :7542
service: Saratoga Transfer Protocol
transport: TCPUDP
encryption: cleartext
assignment: iana registered
risk: 2/10safe
category: File Transfer
usage: This port is assigned to Saratoga, a file-transfer protocol associated with Lloyd Wood. It is intended for specialized data-transfer environments rather than common consumer or enterprise services, so an open listener is unusual.
lookups: 0rank 993
added: 2026-10-12
updated: 2026-10-12
references: IANA service name registry — port 7542

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Related Ports

all 197 in file transfer →

the 8 most looked-up other ports in file transfer — 197 ports carry that label.

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:9080	Groove RPC	TCPUDP	Web Services	caution	70.8k
:17500	Dropbox LAN Sync	TCPUDP	File Transfer	caution	43.7k
:548	Apple Filing Protocol	TCP	File Transfer	caution	36.8k
:7000	Vuze HTTPS Tracker	TCPtls	Security	caution	28.9k
:1337	PowerFolder P2P	TCP	Security	caution	27.1k
:9001	SharePoint Authoring		Web Services	caution	26.3k
:8080	FilePhile Relay	UDP	File Transfer	caution	25.6k
:1337	WASTE Encrypted Sharing	TCP	Security	caution	22.9k

risk mix of the 8 listed

caution100%

1 of 8 encrypted

Port :7542Saratoga Transfer Protocol

Technical Details

Security Information

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Port 7542Saratoga Transfer Protocol