UDP Port 2048 – dls-monitor

About UDP Port 2048

Port 2048 carries the IANA assignment for dls-monitor. This port appears in 1 IDS rule and does not have notable malware activity indicators in our data.

IDS Rule References

1 IDS / security rule reference UDP port 2048. Treat that number as context, not a danger score. Many detection rules are written against groups of ports rather than one service, web ports especially, so common web alternate ports inherit large counts while genuinely sensitive services can show few rules or none. Presence in IDS rules does not mean traffic on this port is malicious.

Rule categories (top 1): attempted-user (1).

Sample rule descriptions for UDP port 2048:

• SERVER-OTHER squid WCCP I_SEE_YOU message overflow attempt

Data Sources

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