# WHATPORT(1028)

## NAME

port 1028 — Deprecated — A deprecated IANA entry — no service name, no assignee, nothing standard runs here.

Protocol: TCP/UDP  
IANA registry

## DESCRIPTION

IANA's registry carries a single entry for 1028 reading "Deprecated", dated 2004-02, with no service name and no owner. That means an earlier assignment was withdrawn and the port was not reissued. In practice it shows up on old Windows hosts as one more dynamically assigned RPC endpoint from the pre-Vista 1025-5000 range, and on anything else as a program that simply picked a free low port.

## EXPOSURE

**Expose with care.** Nothing is registered here, so the port tells you nothing — treat an open 1028 as an unidentified service and find the process before exposing it.

## CHECK

```sh
sudo lsof -nP -iTCP:1028 -sTCP:LISTEN
```

## SEE ALSO

- iana — [IANA Service Name and Transport Protocol Port Number Registry](https://www.iana.org/assignments/service-names-port-numbers/service-names-port-numbers.xhtml) (iana.org)

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