# WHATPORT(1417)

## NAME

port 1417 — Timbuktu Service 1 — The first of Timbuktu Pro's four service ports — remote control of a Mac or Windows desktop.

Protocol: TCP  
IANA registry

## DESCRIPTION

Timbuktu Pro, the Motorola/Netopia remote-control product that was a staple of Mac administration, opens connections on port 407 and then carries each service on its own TCP port: 1417 through 1420 for control, screen observation, and file send/exchange. IANA registers 1417 as timbuktu-srv1. The product is discontinued and unsupported, so an open 1417 today means an old workstation still running an abandoned remote-control agent.

## EXPOSURE

**Do not expose.** An unmaintained remote-desktop agent with no vendor security updates; it should not be reachable from any untrusted network, and preferably should not be running at all.

## CHECK

```sh
nmap -Pn -p 407,1417-1420 TARGET
```

## 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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