Port 915RIFT TIEs

UDP service for Routing in Fat Trees (RIFT) Topology Information Elements.

transport: udp
in transit: cleartext
assignment: official
risk: 4/10
lookups: 0

Technical Details

what runs on :915

RIFT uses UDP port 915 for its control-plane packet exchange. Topology Information Elements (TIEs), along with related RIFT discovery and synchronization messages such as LIE, TIDE, and TIRE packets, are carried as structured control messages between RIFT nodes to distribute link, node, and reachability information. RIFT is an unencrypted routing protocol by default and is intended for an administratively controlled routing domain; it is not a request/response application service.

Security Information

exposure of :915

risk score

4/ 10caution

worth attention. how exposed you are depends on configuration — don't leave it reachable from the internet without a reason.

network services averages 2.6 across 1,604 ports — this one sits 1.4 above.

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

UDP 915 should normally be permitted only between trusted RIFT interfaces and filtered at domain boundaries. An attacker able to inject or interfere with accepted RIFT traffic could disrupt adjacencies or influence routing state, so exposing it to the public Internet is inappropriate; use the protocol's available authentication and network-level access controls where supported.

Record

iana registry entry

port: :915
service: RIFT TIEs
transport: UDP
encryption: cleartext
assignment: iana registered
risk: 4/10caution
category: Network Services
usage: RIFT-capable routers and switches use UDP 915 to exchange topology information in a Routing in Fat Trees (RIFT) domain. Engineers typically encounter it only inside a data-center or similarly controlled routed fabric, not as a general Internet-facing service.
lookups: 0rank 993
added: 2026-09-15
updated: 2026-09-22
references: IANA service name registry — port 915
RFC 9692

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Port :915RIFT TIEs

Technical Details

Security Information

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