TCP Port 6000

About TCP Port 6000

Port 6000 has no formal IANA registration. Ports in this numerical range can be assigned by IANA but this specific port has no current registration. It is referenced in 2 IDS rules but does not exhibit malware activity indicators in our data.

IDS Rule References

2 IDS / security rules reference TCP port 6000. 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 2): attempted-user (1), unknown (1).

Sample rule descriptions for TCP port 6000:

• X11 MIT Magic Cookie detected
• X11 xopen

Data Sources

This information is compiled from: Snort Community Rules (GPLv2).