1080
socks
TCP · 0x0438
Port 1080 — socks
Networking
Port 1080 carries SOCKS proxy over TCP. Above 1023, so an ordinary user can open it.
1024–49151. Meant to be applied for, though some numbers here are custom by habit.
Where it sits in 65535
A port number is 16 bits, so it stops at 65535. The narrow band at the left is everything up to 1023.
065535
- Service
- SOCKS proxy (socks)
- Kind
- Networking
- Protocol
- TCP
- Range
- Registered
- Root needed
- No
- Hexadecimal
- 0x0438
- Binary
- 0000010000111000
- Two bytes
- 4 · 56
Same kind
Running the network itself — handing out addresses, announcing routes, digging tunnels.
Ports next to it
How to read this
- A port number is 16 bits, so it runs 0 to 65535. There is no port 65536.
- Opening anything at or below 1023 needs root on Unix.
- Plain and encrypted often live on different numbers — 80 and 443, for one.
- Numbers like 3000 and 8080 were never registered; those are marked as custom.
Frequently asked questions
Q. What is port 1080 used for?
SOCKS proxy (socks) uses it, over TCP.
Q. Does opening port 1080 need root?
No. It is above 1023, so an ordinary user can open it.
Q. Which range does port 1080 fall in?
Registered (1024–49151). In hex it is 0x0438.
Q. Does port 1080 have a twin?
Not a separate one. It either was encrypted from the start or negotiates TLS on the same number.