TCP Port 5631 – pcanywheredata

About TCP Port 5631

Port 5631 is registered with the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) for pcanywheredata. The IANA description reads: ‘pcANYWHEREdata’. This port appears in 2 IDS rules and does not have notable malware activity indicators in our data.

IDS Rule References

2 IDS / security rules reference TCP port 5631. 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-admin (1), unsuccessful-user (1).

Sample rule descriptions for TCP port 5631:

• PUA-OTHER PCAnywhere Attempted Administrator Login
• PUA-OTHER PCAnywhere Failed Login

Data Sources

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