WHATPORT(1053) whatport.net WHATPORT(1053)
1053

Remote Assistant (RA)

Registered to a product called Remote Assistant; no public spec, and no relation to Microsoft Remote Assistance.

TCP UDP IANA registry

Description

IANA assigns 1053 to remote-as, "Remote Assistant (RA)", a vendor registration with no published protocol description. It is not Microsoft's Remote Assistance, which rides RDP on 3389 and does not use this port. There is nothing more that can be established about the registered service beyond the registry entry itself. Because 1053 sits one digit off DNS's 53, it also turns up as an arbitrary local port for DNS forwarders and resolver test setups, which is a naming coincidence rather than a protocol fact.

Exposed to the internet?

Expose with care

A registration name containing "remote" is a hint, not evidence. Fingerprint the listener; if it turns out to be a remote-control or admin service, it belongs behind a VPN.

Check it yourself

$ nmap -Pn -sV -p 1053 TARGET

See also

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