# WHATPORT(1761)

## NAME

port 1761 — Novell ZENworks Remote Management agent (cft-0) — The ZENworks remote-control agent — an administrator taking over a desktop.

Protocol: TCP  
IANA registry

## DESCRIPTION

IANA registers 1761 as "cft-0", Sopra's Cross File Transfer, but the port is known in the field for Novell ZENworks: the Remote Management Agent binds TCP 1761 by default so a ConsoleOne operator can view or drive the user's desktop, with the listener on the console side using 1762. The port is configurable through `rmcfg.ini`, but almost nobody changes it. Current ZENworks releases have moved remote management elsewhere and now list 1761 only as a UDP port for forwarding Wake-on-LAN magic packets, so an open TCP 1761 points at a legacy ZENworks Desktop Management estate.

## EXPOSURE

**Do not expose.** This is a remote desktop control channel on end-user machines, served by an agent from a product generation that no longer gets fixes — keep it on the management network only.

## CHECK

```sh
nc -vz -w 3 TARGET 1761
```

## SEE ALSO

- docs — [Novell ZENworks 6.5 — Configuring Remote Management Ports (agent default TCP 1761)](https://www.novell.com/documentation/zenworks65/dmadmin/data/brhfsgh.html) (novell.com)
- docs — [ZENworks 24.4 — TCP and UDP Ports](https://www.novell.com/documentation/zenworks-24.4/zen_ports/data/zen_ports.html) (novell.com)
- iana — [IANA port registry — 1761 (registered as cft-0)](https://www.iana.org/assignments/service-names-port-numbers/service-names-port-numbers.xhtml?search=1761) (iana.org)

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