Port 914RIFT Link Information Element

UDP port for RIFT Routing in Fat Trees neighbor discovery and link-information exchange.

transport: udp
in transit: cleartext
assignment: official
risk: 2/10
lookups: 0

also known as rift-lies, RIFT LIE

Technical Details

what runs on :914

RIFT uses UDP port 914 for control-plane communication. LIE messages provide local link and node information and are used to discover neighbors and establish RIFT adjacencies; subsequent RIFT control messages exchange topology and reachability information. Traffic is normally exchanged only between participating nodes on the routed fabric, with protocol behavior and timers determined by the RIFT implementation and deployment.

Security Information

exposure of :914

risk score

2/ 10safe

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

network services averages 2.8 across 1,185 ports — this one sits 0.8 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

udp

udp is connectionless — source addresses are trivially spoofed and it is a reflection favourite

security overview

RIFT control traffic should be confined to trusted fabric links or protected control-plane segments and should not be exposed to the public internet. An attacker able to inject or interfere with RIFT messages could disrupt neighbor formation or influence routing state; the protocol is not encrypted by default, so deployments should rely on network isolation and any supported control-plane authentication or lower-layer protection.

Record

iana registry entry

port: :914
service: RIFT Link Information Element
transport: UDP
encryption: cleartext
assignment: iana registered
risk: 2/10safe
category: Network Services
usage: This port carries RIFT (Routing in Fat Trees) control traffic, especially Link Information Element (LIE) messages exchanged between adjacent routing nodes. Engineers encounter it on interfaces participating in a RIFT fabric, rather than on ordinary end hosts or internet-facing services.
lookups: 0rank 994
added: 2026-09-15
updated: 2026-09-15
references: IANA service name registry — port 914
RFC 9692

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Port :914RIFT Link Information Element

Technical Details

Security Information

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Port 914RIFT Link Information Element