A BOOTP server on a private port pair — HP's Ignite-UX uses it to net-boot HP-UX installs without colliding with DHCP.
IANA registers 1067 as instl-boots (formerly instl_boots), the Installation Bootstrap Protocol server port. Its best-documented user is HP's Ignite-UX, whose instl_bootd daemon speaks BOOTP on 1067/1068 instead of the standard 67/68 precisely so that installing an HP-UX client does not draw answers from the site's regular DHCP servers — only instl_bootd listens on those ports, so only instl_bootd replies. Ignite-UX server setup asks that 1067, 1068, tftp/69 and bootps/67-68 all be free and reachable. Real traffic here is UDP; the TCP registration exists but is not what you see on the wire.
Do not expose
An unauthenticated bootstrap service that hands a machine its operating system image — provisioning VLAN only, never routed to anything untrusted.
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