Port 8149Edge of Reality game data

UDP game-data traffic for Edge of Reality; this vendor-specific service is not commonly observed in public scan data.

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

also known as eor-game

Technical Details

what runs on :8149

Edge of Reality game data is registered on port :8149 over udp to Sky Schulz, assigned May 2011. 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 :8149

this machine

# linux
sudo ss -ulpn 'sport = :8149'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :8149

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :8149

another host

sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:8149 <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 :8149

risk score

1/ 10safe

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

gaming averages 3.5 across 161 ports — this one sits 2.5 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

udp

udp is connectionless — source addresses are trivially spoofed and it is a reflection favourite

security overview

no security notes recorded for :8149 yet

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

Record

iana registry entry

port: :8149
service: Edge of Reality game data
transport: UDP
encryption: cleartext
assignment: iana registered
risk: 1/10safe
category: Gaming
usage: The IANA entry identifies this as Edge of Reality game data and lists Sky Schulz as the registrant. No broadly documented deployment or protocol behavior is established here.
lookups: 0rank 993
added: 2026-10-13
updated: 2026-10-13
references: IANA service name registry — port 8149

Something wrong?

This record is maintained by the engineers who use port 8149. 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 2026-10-13.

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risk mix of the 8 listed

caution100%

0 of 8 encrypted

Port :8149Edge of Reality game data

Technical Details

Security Information

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Port 8149Edge of Reality game data