# WHATPORT(1044)

## NAME

port 1044 — dcutility (Dev Consortium Utility) — Registered in 2004 as "Dev Consortium Utility"; the registration is the entire public record.

Protocol: TCP/UDP  
IANA registry

## DESCRIPTION

IANA assigns 1044 to `dcutility`, described as "Dev Consortium Utility", registered in November 2004 to an individual assignee with no reference document. No protocol specification or implementation is publicly available. In the field, 1044 behaves like the rest of the 1025-5000 band on older Windows systems — a dynamically allocated RPC endpoint — or simply a free port some application claimed.

## EXPOSURE

**Expose with care.** Nothing documented behind the name; treat an open 1044 as unidentified and trace it to a process first.

## CHECK

```sh
sudo lsof -nP -iTCP:1044 -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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