# WHATPORT(5225)

## NAME

port 5225 — HP Server (hp-server) — Part of HP's printing stack — this port and 5226 travel together on networks with HP printers.

Protocol: TCP/UDP  
IANA registry

## DESCRIPTION

IANA has 5225 registered to Hewlett-Packard as hp-server on both TCP and UDP, with no published protocol description. In practice it is reported next to 5226 (hp-status) on hosts running HP print software and on HP print servers. HP publishes no protocol description and no public HP port list documents either number, so what the pair actually carries is unverified — identify the process rather than reading a purpose into the registry name.

## EXPOSURE

**Expose with care.** Printing infrastructure is a LAN service with no authentication story worth relying on — keep it inside the network.

## CHECK

```sh
nc -vz -w 3 TARGET 5225
```

## SEE ALSO

- iana — [IANA port registry — 5225 (hp-server)](https://www.iana.org/assignments/service-names-port-numbers/service-names-port-numbers.xhtml?search=5225) (iana.org)

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