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3580

NI Service Locator

National Instruments' port mapper — ask it for a service by name and it returns the port.

TCP IANA registry

Description

The NI Service Locator (nisvcloc) is installed with LabVIEW and other National Instruments software and listens on TCP 3580. It is a port mapper: NI services register themselves by name, and clients such as the NI Example Finder, LabVIEW Help, and the RT proxy query it to learn which dynamic port a named service is on. It accepts local and remote connections, and NI documents the port as fixed — you cannot move it. Expect it on engineering workstations, test racks, and CompactRIO controllers.

Exposed to the internet?

Do not expose

A port mapper enumerates the other services on the host for anyone who asks, and it fronts lab and control hardware — keep it on the test network behind a firewall.

Check it yourself

$ nc -vz -w 3 TARGET 3580

See also

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