Port 8402abarsd

The IANA-registered abarsd service is assigned to TCP and UDP port 8402.

transport
tcp · udp

2 transports registered

in transit
cleartext

payload readable on path

assignment
official

registered with iana

risk
1/10

safe

lookups
0

rank 993 of 5,182 · top 19%

Technical Details

what runs on :8402

abarsd is registered on port :8402 over tcp and udp to Aaron Bilbrey. 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 :8402

this machine
# linux
sudo ss -tulpn 'sport = :8402'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :8402

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :8402
another host
nmap -sV -p T:8402 <host>
sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:8402 <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 :8402

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 :8402 yet

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

ports registered around :8402, by lookups.

portservicerisk
:8443Plesk/Tomcat SSLcaution
:8442CyBro A-buscaution
:8400Commvault CVPcaution
:8403admindsafe
:8383M2M Servicessafe
:8401sabarsdsafe
:8445Copy peer synchronizationsafe

risk mix of the 7 listed

  • safe57%
  • caution43%

2 of 7 encrypted