# WHATPORT(7496)

## NAME

port 7496 — Unassigned — Inside IANA's unassigned 7492-7499 block — nothing is registered here.

Protocol: TCP  
IANA registry

## DESCRIPTION

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

**Expose with care.** Unknown service, unknown authentication: identify the process before allowing it through a firewall.

## CHECK

```sh
sudo lsof -nP -iTCP:7496 -sTCP:LISTEN
```

## SEE ALSO

- iana — [IANA port registry — 7496 (unassigned)](https://www.iana.org/assignments/service-names-port-numbers/service-names-port-numbers.xhtml?search=7496) (iana.org)

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