Port 9280Predicted GPS

Predicted GPS is an obscure service assignment on TCP and UDP port 9280, with no common deployment known.

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

also known as pgps

Technical Details

what runs on :9280

Predicted GPS is registered on port :9280 over tcp and udp to Jeremy Freeman, assigned February 2008. 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 :9280

this machine

# linux
sudo ss -tulpn 'sport = :9280'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :9280

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :9280

another host

nmap -sV -p T:9280 <host>
sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:9280 <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 :9280

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 :9280 yet

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

Record

iana registry entry

port: :9280
service: Predicted GPS
transport: TCPUDP
encryption: cleartext
assignment: iana registered
risk: 1/10safe
category: uncategorised
usage: IANA assigns TCP and UDP port 9280 to Predicted GPS, registered to Jeremy Freeman. There is no known common deployment or widely recognized product associated with it.
lookups: 0rank 993
added: 2026-10-15
updated: 2026-10-15
references: IANA service name registry — port 9280

Something wrong?

This record is maintained by the engineers who use port 9280. 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 2026-10-15.

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ports registered around :9280, by lookups.

port	service	proto	category	risk	views
:9300	IBM Cognos 8 SOAP BI	TCP	Web Services	caution	12.7k
:9303	D-Link SharePort	UDP	File Transfer	caution	8.0k
:9293	PlayStation Remote Play	TCP	Remote Access	caution	5.5k
:9306	Sphinx API	TCP	Web Services	caution	5.1k
:9312	SphinxQL	TCP	Web Services	caution	4.4k
:9285	N2H2 Filter Service	TCPUDP	Security	safe	0
:9300	Virtual Racing Service	TCPUDP	Gaming	safe	0
:9222	QSC Team Coherence	TCPUDP	—	safe	0

risk mix of the 8 listed

safe38%
caution63%

0 of 8 encrypted

Port :9280Predicted GPS

Technical Details

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Port 9280Predicted GPS