TCP Port 4242

About TCP Port 4242

Port 4242 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 1 IDS rule but does not exhibit malware activity indicators in our data.

IDS Rule References

1 IDS / security rule reference TCP port 4242. 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 TCP port 4242:

• SERVER-OTHER AIX pdnsd overflow

Data Sources

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