Port 8195Bloomberg feed

TCP and UDP port 8195 is assigned to a Bloomberg feed; no broadly documented common listener is established.

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

also known as blp2

Technical Details

what runs on :8195

Bloomberg feed is registered on port :8195 over tcp and udp to Albert Hou, assigned May 2006. 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 :8195

this machine

# linux
sudo ss -tulpn 'sport = :8195'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :8195

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :8195

another host

nmap -sV -p T:8195 <host>
sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:8195 <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 :8195

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 :8195 yet

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

Record

iana registry entry

port: :8195
service: Bloomberg feed
transport: TCPUDP
encryption: cleartext
assignment: iana registered
risk: 1/10safe
category: uncategorised
usage: IANA assigns this port to “Bloomberg feed” and lists Albert Hou as the registrant. No broadly documented protocol behavior or common deployment is established for the assignment.
lookups: 0rank 993
added: 2026-10-14
updated: 2026-10-14
references: IANA service name registry — port 8195

Something wrong?

This record is maintained by the engineers who use port 8195. 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 2026-10-14.

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ports registered around :8195, by lookups.

port	service	proto	category	risk	views
:8243	Apache Synapse HTTPS Listener	TCPUDPtls	Web Services	caution	22.3k
:8200	GoToMyPC	TCP	Remote Access	caution	9.9k
:8194	Sophos RMS	TCP	Security	caution	8.3k
:8222	VMware Server UI (Insecure)		Web Services	caution	8.2k
:8192	Sophos RMS	TCP	Security	caution	7.4k
:8193	Sophos RMS	TCP	Security	caution	7.0k
:8201	TRIVNET	TCPUDP	—	safe	0
:8207	LM SServer	TCPUDP	—	safe	0

risk mix of the 8 listed

safe25%
caution75%

1 of 8 encrypted

Port :8195Bloomberg feed

Technical Details

Security Information

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Port 8195Bloomberg feed