Port 8292Bloomberg Professional

Bloomberg Professional service traffic assigned to TCP and UDP port 8292.

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

also known as blp3

Technical Details

what runs on :8292

Bloomberg Professional is registered on port :8292 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 found open rarely. What's listening is often not the registered service, so check before you assume.

find what's listening on :8292

this machine

# linux
sudo ss -tulpn 'sport = :8292'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :8292

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :8292

another host

nmap -sV -p T:8292 <host>
sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:8292 <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 :8292

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 :8292 yet

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

Record

iana registry entry

port: :8292
service: Bloomberg Professional
transport: TCPUDP
encryption: cleartext
assignment: iana registered
risk: 1/10safe
category: uncategorised
usage: Port 8292 is assigned to the Bloomberg Professional service under the registry handle blp3. The assignment is registered to Albert Hou and may be encountered on systems running Bloomberg software.
lookups: 0rank 993
added: 2026-09-07
updated: 2026-09-07
references: IANA service name registry — port 8292

Something wrong?

This record is maintained by the engineers who use port 8292. 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 2026-09-07.

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ports registered around :8292, by lookups.

port	service	proto	category	risk	views
:8291	Winbox MikroTik Admin	TCP	Security	caution	62.9k
:8243	Apache Synapse HTTPS Listener	TCPUDPtls	Web Services	caution	22.3k
:8280	Apache Synapse HTTP	TCPUDP	Web Services	caution	19.9k
:8333	VMware Server UI (Secure)		Web Services	caution	7.9k
:8321	Thin(ium) Network Protocol	TCPUDP	Network Services	safe	0
:8300	Transport Management Interface	TCPUDP	Network Services	safe	0
:8293	Hiperscan Identification Service	TCP	—	safe	0
:8294	Bloomberg Intelligent Client	TCPUDP	—	safe	0

risk mix of the 8 listed

safe50%
caution50%

1 of 8 encrypted

Port :8292Bloomberg Professional

Technical Details

Security Information

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Port 8292Bloomberg Professional