TCP Port 617 – sco-dtmgr

About TCP Port 617

Port 617 carries the IANA assignment for sco-dtmgr. The IANA description reads: ‘SCO Desktop Administration Server’. This port appears in 4 IDS rules and does not have notable malware activity indicators in our data.

IDS Rule References

4 IDS / security rules reference TCP port 617. Presence in IDS rules does not mean traffic on this port is malicious. These are patterns security tools monitor.

Rule categories (top 2): attempted-recon (2), attempted-user (2).

Sample rule descriptions for TCP port 617:

• SERVER-OTHER Arkeia client backup system info probe
• SERVER-OTHER Arkeia client backup generic info probe
• SERVER-OTHER Arkeia backup client type 77 overflow attempt
• SERVER-OTHER Arkeia backup client type 84 overflow attempt

Data Sources

This information is compiled from: IANA Service Name and Transport Protocol Port Number Registry and Snort Community Rules (GPLv2).