{
  "port": 7496,
  "protocol": "tcp",
  "service": "Unassigned",
  "oneLiner": "Inside IANA's unassigned 7492-7499 block — nothing is registered here.",
  "whatItIs": "The whole 7492-7499 range is unassigned in the IANA registry, and Nmap has no service name for 7496, listing it at roughly 0.02% open-port frequency. No standard protocol claims it. A listener is either a bespoke application or a port chosen at random by whoever deployed the host.",
  "exposure": {
    "verdict": "careful",
    "note": "Unknown service, unknown authentication: identify the process before allowing it through a firewall."
  },
  "checkCommand": "sudo lsof -nP -iTCP:7496 -sTCP:LISTEN",
  "links": [
    {
      "title": "IANA port registry — 7496 (unassigned)",
      "url": "https://www.iana.org/assignments/service-names-port-numbers/service-names-port-numbers.xhtml?search=7496",
      "kind": "iana"
    }
  ]
}