TCP Port 70 – gopher

About TCP Port 70

The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) registers port 70 for gopher. The IANA description reads: ‘Gopher’. 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 TCP port 70. Presence in IDS rules does not mean traffic on this port is malicious. These are patterns security tools monitor.

Rule categories (top 1): bad-unknown (1).

Sample rule descriptions for TCP port 70:

• SERVER-OTHER gopher proxy

Data Sources

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