# WHATPORT(9198)

## NAME

port 9198 — Unassigned — Unregistered and rarely seen — identify the listener, the number tells you nothing.

Protocol: TCP  
IANA registry

## DESCRIPTION

There is no IANA registration for 9198 and nmap's table records it as unknown with a very low hit rate. It is close enough to PaperCut's 9191/9192 pair that an office host may have a related private listener, but that is a guess, not a fact. A version scan or a look at the host's own listening sockets is the only honest answer.

## EXPOSURE

**Expose with care.** No default service means no default verdict; classify it once you know what answers there.

## CHECK

```sh
nmap -sV -Pn -p 9198 TARGET
```

## SEE ALSO

- iana — [IANA Service Name and Transport Protocol Port Number Registry](https://www.iana.org/assignments/service-names-port-numbers/service-names-port-numbers.xhtml) (iana.org)
- source — [nmap-services (port frequency and name table)](https://github.com/nmap/nmap/blob/master/nmap-services) (github.com)

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