TCP 87

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Port87
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Synopsis

  • TCP port 87 is the IANA-registered TTYLINK service, an early ARPANET terminal-to-terminal chat/link protocol.
  • It was implemented on DEC TOPS-20 systems (e.g., the TOPS-20 TTYLINK server) and other PDP-10 platforms used at institutions like MIT.
  • Some vintage UNIX environments also offered ttylink-compatible services, but the protocol is now effectively obsolete and rarely present on modern networks.
  • No notable contemporary software uses TCP/87 by default.
  • It is not broadly associated with specific exploitation campaigns beyond generic probing of uncommon open ports.

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