Port 9021Pangolin Identification

Port assigned for Pangolin Identification services over TCP and UDP.

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

also known as panagolin-ident

Technical Details

what runs on :9021

Pangolin Identification is registered on port :9021 over tcp and udp to William Benner, assigned March 2002. 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 :9021

this machine

# linux
sudo ss -tulpn 'sport = :9021'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :9021

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :9021

another host

nmap -sV -p T:9021 <host>
sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:9021 <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 :9021

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 :9021 yet

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

Record

iana registry entry

port: :9021
service: Pangolin Identification
transport: TCPUDP
encryption: cleartext
assignment: iana registered
risk: 1/10safe
category: uncategorised
usage: This assignment identifies the Pangolin Identification service on TCP and UDP port 9021. The registration is held by William Benner; public implementation and deployment details are not established here.
lookups: 0rank 993
added: 2026-09-14
updated: 2026-09-14
references: IANA service name registry — port 9021

Something wrong?

This record is maintained by the engineers who use port 9021. 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 2026-09-14.

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:9080	Groove RPC	TCPUDP	Web Services	caution	70.8k
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:9001	ETL Service Manager	TCPUDP	Databases	caution	28.6k
:9043	WebSphere Admin Console (SSL)	TCP	Web Services	caution	28.0k
:9001	SharePoint Authoring		Web Services	caution	26.3k
:9001	DBGp Proxy	TCPtls	Network Services	caution	25.5k
:9001	Tor Network		Security	caution	23.7k
:9001	Cisco XRemote		Remote Access	caution	23.7k

risk mix of the 8 listed

caution100%

1 of 8 encrypted

Port :9021Pangolin Identification

Technical Details

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Port 9021Pangolin Identification