# WHATPORT(144)

## NAME

port 144 — Universal Management Architecture (historically NeWS) — Registered as `uma`; older service files call it `news`, Sun's PostScript window system.

Protocol: TCP  
IANA registry

## DESCRIPTION

IANA registers port 144 as `uma`, Universal Management Architecture. Older `/etc/services` files instead name it `news` for Sun's NeWS, the PostScript-based window system that lost to X11 — a source of confusion, since it has nothing to do with Usenet news on 119. Neither service has a live implementation today. An open 144 is an unrelated listener, and the scanner label will tell you whichever name that machine's services file happens to carry.

## EXPOSURE

**Expose with care.** Two dead names for one port; identify the real service rather than trusting the label.

## CHECK

```sh
nc -vz TARGET 144
```

## 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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