Port 8061Nikatron Device Protocol
TCP port 8061 is assigned to Nikatron Device Protocol, a Nikatron service with no established public usage details.
- transport
- tcp
- in transit
- cleartext
- assignment
- official
- risk
- 1/10
- lookups
- 0
single transport
payload readable on path
registered with iana
safe
rank 993 of 5,986 · top 17%
Technical Details
what runs on :8061Nikatron Device Protocol is registered on port :8061 over tcp to Nikatron, assigned September 2023. 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 :8061
# linux
sudo ss -tlpn 'sport = :8061'
# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :8061
# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :8061nmap -sV -p T:8061 <host>run it? the handshake, the implementations you meet in the wild and the flags that matter come from the engineers who do.
add technical detailsSecurity Information
exposure of :8061risk score
1/ 10safe
routine exposure. this port is rarely the way in on its own — keep it patched and logged and move on.
iot averages 3.4 across 177 ports — this one sits 2.4 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
every listening transport is another surface to filter at the edge
security overview
no security notes recorded for :8061 yet
known exploits, hardening advice, what a compromise looks like — suggest an edit if you know its exposure.
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| :4843 | OPC UA over TLS/SSL | TCPUDPtls | Security | caution | 24.6k |
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| :15000 | Hypack Data Acquisition | TCP | Network Services | caution | 21.4k |
risk mix of the 8 listed
- caution100%
1 of 8 encrypted