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Port 2086 (WHM (HTTP))

WHM over plain HTTP.

Registered (user) port, 1024-49151 TCP Remote access Do not expose to the internet

What port 2086 is used for

WHM over plain HTTP.

Security: should port 2086 be open?

Do not expose to the internet. Disable or force redirection to 2087.

IANA assignment

Service nameProtoDescriptionAssigneeReference
gnunet TCP GNUnet Christian Grothoff -
gnunet UDP GNUnet Christian Grothoff -

Registry dates for this port: registered 2002-10.

Check what is listening on port 2086

Linux: is anything listening on TCP 2086?
sudo ss -tlnp 'sport = :2086'
Linux / macOS: which process owns the port
sudo lsof -nP -i :2086
Older Linux / BSD (net-tools)
sudo netstat -tlnp | grep ':2086 '
Windows (Command Prompt)
netstat -ano | findstr :2086
Windows (PowerShell)
Get-NetTCPConnection -LocalPort 2086 -State Listen | Select LocalAddress,OwningProcess

Test it from outside

From another machine
nc -vz -w 5 HOST 2086
From Windows
Test-NetConnection HOST -Port 2086

Block port 2086 in the firewall

ufw
sudo ufw deny 2086/tcp
iptables
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 2086 -j DROP
nftables
sudo nft add rule inet filter input tcp dport 2086 drop
Windows Firewall
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block TCP 2086' -Direction Inbound -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 2086 -Action Block

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2087WHM (HTTPS)2082cPanel (HTTP)2084sunclustergeo2085ada-cip2088ip-blf

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Assignment data: IANA port number registry (public domain), retrieved 2026-11-10.