ikkestandardporter

Ikkestandardporter is a colloquial term used in some technical communities to refer to ports that are not part of the standard, well-known port set defined for common services. The term blends the word for “not” in several Germanic languages with “standard port,” and it is typically employed in discussions about firewall rules, network security, and software deployment to distinguish standard service ports from custom or nonstandard port assignments. It is not an officially recognized category in IANA or other standards bodies, and its exact meaning can vary between organizations.

In practice, nonstandard ports lie outside the well-known ports used by widely deployed services (such as 80 for HTTP or 443 for HTTPS). They often fall into the registered range (1024–49151) or the dynamic/private range (49152–65535). People use the term to describe ports that require explicit configuration, documentation, or policy in order to be accessible, and which may not be opened by default by firewalls or security groups. The concept highlights the operational considerations of using nonstandard ports, including potential ease of circumvention versus increased management overhead.

Security and operational implications are common topics in discussions of ikkestandardporter. Using nonstandard ports can complicate automated scanning and logging, but it can also reduce exposure to opportunistic attacks when combined with proper access controls and documentation. See also well-known ports, registered ports, dynamic ports, IANA, and firewall policy.