5162
Summary
- // if you see it open
- RFC 5592 describes SSH protection for SNMP messages, including authentication, integrity checking, and encryption. The supplied evidence does not establish endpoint configuration or security.
- // common applications
- SNMP notification transport over SSH Unknown; no host or network traffic observations were supplied.
About port 5162.
IANA registers TCP port 5162 as snmpssh-trap, for “SNMP Notification over SSH Transport Model,” and cites RFC 5592. The RFC describes carrying SNMP messages through SSH, which provides authentication, integrity checking, and encryption. The assignment identifies the intended service, but does not show whether any particular host runs it or is reachable from the public internet.
RFC 5592 places this model within SNMP’s transport subsystem and describes SSH channels between SNMP entities. It covers incoming and outgoing messages, session establishment, and notification handling. This context supports interpreting the registration as a management and notification transport, not as evidence that all traffic on 5162 uses SNMP or SSH.
The evidence does not establish the intended audience for a specific deployment, so public exposure policy is Unknown. For an identified deployment, allow access only from the management peers that need to exchange SNMP notifications, and confirm the endpoint’s configuration and authorization rules before relying on the registered service name.
- Exposure
- Unknown. The assignment and protocol description do not establish whether this service should be internet-facing or restricted in a specific deployment.
- Protocol security
- RFC 5592 describes SSH protection for SNMP messages, including authentication, integrity checking, and encryption. This does not verify any endpoint’s configuration.
- Deployment evidence
- Unknown. No host, reachability, traffic, or prevalence observations were supplied.
- IANA service
snmpssh-trap, “SNMP Notification over SSH Transport Model” [Confirmed] — https://www.iana.org/assignments/service-names-port-numbers/service-names-port-numbers.csv- IANA transport and port
- TCP 5162 [Confirmed] — https://www.iana.org/assignments/service-names-port-numbers/service-names-port-numbers.csv
- IANA reference
- RFC 5592 [Confirmed] — https://www.iana.org/assignments/service-names-port-numbers/service-names-port-numbers.csv
Protocol
RFC 5592 describes the Secure Shell Transport Model for SNMP
Service assignments.
| Name | Protocol | Description | Open frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| snmpssh-trap | TCP | SNMP Notification over SSH Transport Model | 0.00% |
Service assignments from the IANA Service Name and Transport Protocol Port Number Registry, with open-frequency data from nmap-services.