5986
winrm-https
TCP · 0x1762
Port 5986 — winrm-https
Remote access
Port 5986 carries WinRM HTTPS 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
- WinRM HTTPS (winrm-https)
- Kind
- Remote access
- Protocol
- TCP
- Range
- Registered
- Root needed
- No
- Hexadecimal
- 0x1762
- Binary
- 0001011101100010
- Two bytes
- 23 · 98
- Plain twin
- 5985
Same kind
Running commands or watching a screen on someone else’s machine.
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 5986 used for?
WinRM HTTPS (winrm-https) uses it, over TCP.
Q. Does opening port 5986 need root?
No. It is above 1023, so an ordinary user can open it.
Q. Which range does port 5986 fall in?
Registered (1024–49151). In hex it is 0x1762.
Q. What does port 5986 wrap?
It is port 5985 wrapped in TLS.