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5631 udp pc-anywhere PC-Anywhere sends UDP ping looking for a server on ports 22 and 5632. If it doesn't know the server address, it will ping the entire subnet to find one !.

If you're running PC-Anywhere, make sure that you assign exact IP addresses of the systems that will be using it in the configuration, to avoid PC-Anywhere scanning an entire IP range looking for "your target system" and essentially advertising the service to every potential intruder in your IP block.

Symantec pcAnywhere 8.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU utilization) via a large amount of data to port 5631.
References: [CVE-1999-1028]

IANA registered for: pcANYWHEREdata (TCP/UDP)
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5631 tcp applications The awhost32 service in Symantec pcAnywhere through 12.5.3, Altiris IT Management Suite pcAnywhere Solution 7.0 (aka 12.5.x) and 7.1 (aka 12.6.x), Altiris Client Management Suite pcAnywhere Solution 7.0 (aka 12.5.x) and 7.1 (aka 12.6.x), and Altiris Deployment Solution Remote pcAnywhere Solution 7.1 (aka 12.5.x and 12.6.x) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted TCP session on port 5631.
References: [CVE-2012-0292] [BID-52094]

The host-services component in Symantec pcAnywhere 12.5.x through 12.5.3, and IT Management Suite pcAnywhere Solution 7.0 (aka 12.5.x) and 7.1 (aka 12.6.x), does not properly filter login and authentication data, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted session on TCP port 5631.
References: [CVE-2011-3478] [BID-51592]
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5631 tcp pcANYWHEREdata, Symantec pcAnywhere (version 7.52 and later) data (official) Wikipedia
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5631 udp pcanywheredata pcANYWHEREdata SANS
5631 tcp applications pcAnywhere Portforward
5631 tcp pcanywheredata pcanywheredata Nmap
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by anonymous - 2011-04-15 14:52
Your information about port 5631 is incomplete. Port 5631 is an IANA registered port by Symantec for pcAnywhere.

pcAnywhere uses port 5631 for TCP communication to provide the remote control functionality. This is NOT the port that does the network scan for hosts as the information you have states or use the UDP protocol.

The other IANA registered port pcAnywhere uses is port 5632. This port uses the UDP protocol for host status messaging, ie waiting, busy, and IS used to do network scanning for waiting hosts, but only on the port that pcAnywhere is configured to use, default 5632. The ports are user configurable however.

http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH106675
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