Port 8666Monetra Administrative Access

TCP port 8666 is assigned for administrative access to Monetra, payment-processing software from Main Street Softworks.

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

Technical Details

what runs on :8666

Monetra Administrative Access is registered on port :8666 over tcp to Main Street Softworks, assigned April 2013. 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 :8666

this machine

# linux
sudo ss -tlpn 'sport = :8666'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :8666

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :8666

another host

nmap -sV -p T:8666 <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 :8666

risk score

1/ 10safe

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

remote access averages 3.9 across 226 ports — this one sits 2.9 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 :8666 yet

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

Record

iana registry entry

port: :8666
service: Monetra Administrative Access
transport: TCP
encryption: cleartext
assignment: iana registered
risk: 1/10safe
category: Remote Access
usage: IANA assigns TCP 8666 to Monetra Administrative Access, a service associated with Main Street Softworks. The port has not appeared open in the cited internet-wide scan data.
lookups: 0rank 993
added: 2026-10-14
updated: 2026-10-14
references: IANA service name registry — port 8666

Something wrong?

This record is maintained by the engineers who use port 8666. 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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Related Ports

all 226 in remote access →

the 8 most looked-up other ports in remote access — 226 ports carry that label.

port	service	proto	category	risk	views
:8000	Intel Remote Desktop / Alternate HTTP Port	TCP	Web Services	safe	84.3k
:8888	D2GS Admin Console	TCP	Remote Access	caution	83.7k
:8881	Atlasz Secure Server	TCP	Web Services	caution	67.6k
:5938	TeamViewer	TCPUDP	Remote Access	caution	65.0k
:8291	Winbox MikroTik Admin	TCP	Security	caution	62.9k
:8008	IBM HTTP Server Admin	TCP	Web Services	caution	58.3k
:135	Microsoft EPMAP	TCPUDP	Security	caution	51.9k
:23	Telnet	TCP	Remote Access	caution	34.8k

risk mix of the 8 listed

safe13%
caution88%

0 of 8 encrypted

Port :8666Monetra Administrative Access

Technical Details

Security Information

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Port 8666Monetra Administrative Access