# WHATPORT(212)

## NAME

port 212 — ATEXSSTR (anet) — Registered as `anet`/ATEXSSTR, an Atex publishing-system service with no public spec.

Protocol: TCP  
IANA registry

## DESCRIPTION

IANA lists port 212 as `anet`, ATEXSSTR, registered by Jim Taylor of Atex, the newspaper publishing-system vendor. No specification was ever published and no general implementation exists, so the registration is the entire public record. It appears in `/etc/services` and therefore in scanner output. Anything found on 212 is unrelated to Atex.

## EXPOSURE

**Expose with care.** A vendor registration with no documented protocol; fingerprint whatever is actually listening.

## CHECK

```sh
nc -vz TARGET 212
```

## 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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