50000
db2
TCP · 0xC350
Port 50000 — db2
Databases
Port 50000 carries IBM Db2 over TCP. Above 1023, so an ordinary user can open it.
49152–65535. The operating system picks from here for each outgoing connection, so nobody owns them.
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
- IBM Db2 (db2)
- Kind
- Databases
- Protocol
- TCP
- Range
- Dynamic
- Root needed
- No
- Hexadecimal
- 0xC350
- Binary
- 1100001101010000
- Two bytes
- 195 · 80
Same kind
Where a database waits for queries.
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 50000 used for?
IBM Db2 (db2) uses it, over TCP.
Q. Does opening port 50000 need root?
No. It is above 1023, so an ordinary user can open it.
Q. Which range does port 50000 fall in?
Dynamic (49152–65535). In hex it is 0xC350.
Q. Does port 50000 have a twin?
Not a separate one. It either was encrypted from the start or negotiates TLS on the same number.