{
  "port": 5226,
  "protocol": "both",
  "service": "HP Status (hp-status)",
  "oneLiner": "The HP printer status channel — usually open on the workstation, not the printer.",
  "whatItIs": "IANA registers 5226 to Hewlett-Packard as hp-status on TCP and UDP. It is the better-known half of the 5225/5226 pair: the HP Universal Print Driver listens on it so printer status can be delivered back to a workstation. Because it opens on ordinary desktops as a side effect of installing a printer driver, it is a frequent source of internal port-scan alerts that turn out to be benign.",
  "exposure": {
    "verdict": "careful",
    "note": "There is no reason for a desktop print-status listener to be reachable from anywhere but the local network."
  },
  "checkCommand": "nc -vz -w 3 TARGET 5226",
  "links": [
    {
      "title": "IANA port registry — 5226 (hp-status)",
      "url": "https://www.iana.org/assignments/service-names-port-numbers/service-names-port-numbers.xhtml?search=5226",
      "kind": "iana"
    }
  ]
}