# WHATPORT(26214)

## NAME

port 26214 — Unassigned — Unassigned, but Nmap aims its plain-text line probe here — whatever answers tends to be line-oriented.

Protocol: TCP  
IANA registry

## DESCRIPTION

IANA lists 26214 in the unassigned range 26209-26256, so there is no registered service. It is more interesting than most unnamed ports for one reason: Nmap's service-probe file includes 26214 in the port list for the GenericLines probe, the one that sends bare CRLFs to elicit a banner from text protocols. That means Nmap's authors saw enough line-based services on this port to target it, without ever pinning down a name. Expect a text-speaking daemon of some kind, not a specific product.

## EXPOSURE

**Expose with care.** A line-oriented service that answers a bare CRLF is usually cleartext. Confirm what it is before letting anything but the LAN reach it.

## CHECK

```sh
nmap -Pn -sV -p 26214 --reason 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)
- source — [Nmap nmap-service-probes (GenericLines probe)](https://github.com/nmap/nmap/blob/master/nmap-service-probes) (github.com)

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