# WHATPORT(9050)

## NAME

port 9050 — Tor SOCKS proxy — Tor's default SocksPort — the local SOCKS5 endpoint applications use to route through Tor.

Protocol: TCP  
IANA: versiera

## DESCRIPTION

The tor daemon listens on 9050 by default for connections from SOCKS-speaking applications, which is how curl, SSH, and everything else gets onto the Tor network. It is a per-machine local service: seeing it means the tor daemon is installed and running, not that the host is a relay. Tor Browser bundles its own tor on 9150 instead, so 9050 usually means a system tor package. IANA registers 9050/tcp to something unrelated (versiera).

## EXPOSURE

**Do not expose.** An externally reachable SocksPort is an open proxy — strangers relay traffic through your Tor client and your IP; keep it on 127.0.0.1.

## CHECK

```sh
curl -s --socks5-hostname 127.0.0.1:9050 https://check.torproject.org/api/ip
```

## SEE ALSO

- docs — [tor(1) manual — SocksPort (default 9050)](https://manpages.debian.org/unstable/tor/tor.1.en.html) (manpages.debian.org)
- iana — [IANA Service Name and Transport Protocol Port Number Registry — 9050](https://www.iana.org/assignments/service-names-port-numbers/service-names-port-numbers.xhtml?search=9050) (iana.org)

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