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TCP 9418

ProtocolTCP
Port9418
Labelsgit Git pack transfer service

Synopsis

  • TCP port 9418 is the IANA-assigned port for the Git protocol (git://), typically served by git-daemon.
  • Git clients such as the Git CLI, JGit, and libgit2 can clone/fetch from servers listening on 9418 via URLs like git://host/repo.
  • Major hosts historically exposed 9418 for anonymous read-only access (e.g., GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket), but most—including GitHub in 2021—disabled it in favor of HTTPS or SSH.
  • Many self-hosted Git installations still use git-daemon on 9418 for public mirrors or anonymous access.
  • Security note: git:// on 9418 is plaintext and unauthenticated, enabling man-in-the-middle tampering; its exploitation risk is why large providers deprecated it.

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