Port 1080 · SOCKS Proxy

Port 1080 is SOCKS Proxy, TCP.

SOCKS proxy protocol — routes arbitrary TCP/UDP traffic through a proxy. SOCKS5 supports auth and UDP. Also used as a C2 channel.

Palo Alto

Create the service object for this port, then allow the App-ID on it. Restricting the rule to the port's service object keeps the rule working on a non-default port and stops the App-ID matching on other ports. Replace the placeholders with your own rule name and zones.

set service tcp-1080 protocol tcp port 1080

set rulebase security rules <rule-name> from <from-zone> to <to-zone> source any destination any application socks5 service tcp-1080 action allow

Risk and exposure

Rated high risk. Services on this port are commonly targeted by attackers. Keep it off the internet, or put it behind a VPN or a strict source allow-list, and monitor access.

Check it

• Linux ss -tlnp | grep :1080
• PowerShell Test-NetConnection <host> -Port 1080
• nmap nmap -p 1080 <host>

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