TCP Port 6101 – synchronet-rtc

About TCP Port 6101

Port 6101 carries the IANA assignment for synchronet-rtc. The IANA description reads: ‘SynchroNet-rtc’. 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 6101. 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-admin (1).

Sample rule descriptions for TCP port 6101:

• SERVER-OTHER Veritas backup overflow attempt

Data Sources

This information is compiled from: IANA Service Name and Transport Protocol Port Number Registry, Emerging Threats Open Ruleset (BSD 2-Clause / GPLv2 per SID range), and Snort Community Rules (GPLv2).