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Port 666 is officially registered to Doom

by ughitsaaron on 5/16/24, 2:14 PM with 53 comments

  • by sybercecurity on 5/16/24, 2:24 PM

  • by jsheard on 5/16/24, 2:23 PM

    616, the "other" number of the beast, was officially registered to SCO. Maybe also fitting in hindsight.

  • by ChrisArchitect on 5/16/24, 3:24 PM

    Classic Id gang having fun where they could. The address of the office at their original building location was suite no.666.

  • by 4ad on 5/16/24, 3:02 PM

    It has been assigned to Doom for a very long time. A decade at least (maybe decades?).

  • by Waterluvian on 5/16/24, 4:13 PM

    The idea of globally assigning ports to specific things feels so retro. Back when the world was a lot smaller.

    Today it still makes abundant sense for more generic concepts like where you do HTTP or SSH but to register them to specific companies is amusing and nostalgic.

  • by daveslash on 5/16/24, 3:20 PM

    In my RnD testing, when I just need an arbitrary port, 666 is my go to.

    (a) It's almost never used by anything else and (b) <3 Doom

    Unfortunately, I showed some software in a sprint demo once, using 666 as an arbitrary port. I was very clear that this port can be anything, because the software was made to be configurable by the user, and of course the project manager wrote it down and put it in the "official" and released documentation that the customer must use port 666. facepalm.

  • by leoh on 5/16/24, 8:15 PM

        rcst  3467/tcp   RCST
    rcst  3467/udp   RCST
    #      Kit Sturgeon <Kit@remotecontrolsextoys.com>

  • by egberts1 on 5/16/24, 3:46 PM

    Doom should have had that done decades ago.

    Off-topic: It is nice to see my name amongst the register ports.

  • by brazzy on 5/16/24, 4:35 PM

    I wonder how many protocols/servers that are "officially registered" there are by now completely out of use (as in, truly not actively used by anyone on the planet).

    And how many of the listed email addresses still work.

  • by wizzwizz4 on 5/16/24, 3:25 PM

    It's also shared by mdqs. What's that?

  • by AdmiralAsshat on 5/16/24, 3:13 PM

    Do Doom multiplayer servers still use that port?

  • by resource_waste on 5/16/24, 3:03 PM

    Does 'officially' do anything?

  • by throwitaway222 on 5/16/24, 4:52 PM

    Shouldn't that be pruned at this point...

  • by ydnaclementine on 5/16/24, 5:26 PM

    Based