# WHATPORT(1248)

## NAME

port 1248 — hermes — Registered simply as "hermes", with no assignee and no specification.

Protocol: TCP  
IANA registry

## DESCRIPTION

Port 1248 is listed by IANA on TCP and UDP under the service name hermes, with an empty assignee field and a description that repeats the name. "Hermes" is a name reused by many unrelated projects, so the registration does not identify any particular software. There is no protocol document to read and nothing well-documented that habitually listens here.

## EXPOSURE

**Expose with care.** Unknown service; find the owning process locally before exposing or allowing it through a firewall.

## CHECK

```sh
sudo lsof -nP -iTCP:1248 -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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