UDP Port 518 – ntalk

About UDP Port 518

Port 518 carries the IANA assignment for ntalk. The IANA description reads: ”. 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 UDP port 518. Presence in IDS rules does not mean traffic on this port is malicious. These are patterns security tools monitor.

Rule categories (top 1): attempted-admin (1).

Sample rule descriptions for UDP port 518:

• OS-LINUX ntalkd x86 Linux overflow

Data Sources

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