Port 9164apani5

The apani5 service is assigned to TCP and UDP port 9164.

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

Technical Details

what runs on :9164

apani5 is registered on port :9164 over tcp and udp to Neal Taylor. 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 :9164

this machine

# linux
sudo ss -tulpn 'sport = :9164'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :9164

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :9164

another host

nmap -sV -p T:9164 <host>
sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:9164 <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 :9164

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 :9164 yet

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

Record

iana registry entry

port: :9164
service: apani5
transport: TCPUDP
encryption: cleartext
assignment: iana registered
risk: 1/10safe
category: uncategorised
usage: Port 9164 is assigned to the apani5 service on both TCP and UDP. The assignment is registered to Neal Taylor, but public protocol or deployment details are not recorded.
lookups: 0rank 993
added: 2026-09-07
updated: 2026-09-07
references: IANA service name registry — port 9164

Something wrong?

This record is maintained by the engineers who use port 9164. 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 2026-09-07.

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ports registered around :9164, by lookups.

port	service	proto	category	risk	views
:9105	Xadmin Control Daemon	TCPUDP	Remote Access	caution	19.9k
:9119	MXit Messenger	TCPUDP	Voice and Chat	caution	9.5k
:9100	PDL Data Stream	TCP	Network Services	caution	9.4k
:9110	SSMP	UDP	Network Services	caution	6.6k
:9102	Bacula FD	TCPUDP	File Transfer	caution	6.5k
:9101	Bacula Director	TCPUDP	File Transfer	caution	6.1k
:9103	Bacula Storage Daemon	TCPUDP	File Transfer	caution	5.4k
:9200	WAP Wireless Session Protocol (WSP)	TCPUDP	Network Services	safe	0

risk mix of the 8 listed

safe13%
caution88%

0 of 8 encrypted

Port :9164apani5

Technical Details

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Port 9164apani5