// REFERENCE · PORT 67 · UDP

Port 67: DHCP server

Port 67 is where DHCP servers listen, handing out IP addresses to devices when they join a network.

AT A GLANCE
PORT
67 / UDP
SERVICE
DHCP server
ALSO CALLED
bootps, dhcp
IF EXPOSED
LOW RISK IF EXPOSED

What runs on port 67

When a device connects, it broadcasts a request from UDP 68 to UDP 67, and the DHCP server replies with an IP address, gateway and DNS servers. BOOTP, the older protocol DHCP grew out of, used the same ports. Only one DHCP server should normally answer on a given network.

On a home network

Your router is almost certainly the DHCP server on your network and listens on 67. Pi-hole, some NAS boxes and mesh Wi-Fi systems can take over that role.

If port 67 is reachable from the internet

DHCP is a local-network protocol and is not useful across the internet, so a DHCP server answering on the WAN side would be a misconfiguration. On your own LAN, the thing to worry about is a second, unexpected DHCP server, called a rogue DHCP server, because it can send devices to a malicious gateway or DNS server.

How to check whether it is open on your network

Your router's DHCP settings page shows its address pool and current leases. If devices are getting addresses from an unexpected range, look for a second device acting as a DHCP server.

// RELATED PORTS
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