WHATPORT(2042) whatport.net WHATPORT(2042)
2042

isis (registration only)

Registered as "isis" — and it is not the IS-IS routing protocol.

TCP UDP IANA registry

Description

IANA registers the name isis on TCP and UDP 2042, with isis-bcast next door on 2043; the entry carries no description or reference document. The obvious guess is wrong: the IS-IS routing protocol (ISO 10589, extended for IP by RFC 1195) runs directly over the data link layer and has no TCP or UDP port at all, so nothing you see on 2042 is IS-IS. Nmap finds the port open on about 0.02% of scanned hosts, and no common software claims it.

Exposed to the internet?

Expose with care

The name misleads. Identify the actual listener rather than assuming a routing daemon, and expose it only once you know what it is.

Check it yourself

$ sudo lsof -nP -iTCP:2042 -sTCP:LISTEN

See also

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