XDMCP

Description

This indicates an attempt to use the XDMCP protocol.
X Display Manager Control Protocol (XDMCP) is a protocol used to remotely access/control a Linux system with a graphics interface.

Affected Products

XDMCP

Impact

Unexpected network communication

Technology

Browser-Based, Network-Protocol, Client-Server, Peer-to-Peer, Cloud-Based, Mobile-Device

Behavior

• Reasonable

Default Ports

• UDP/177

References

• https://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.6/doc/libXdmcp/xdmcp.html