Port 1779Pharmasoft

Pharmasoft service traffic uses TCP and UDP port 1779.

transport: tcp · udp
in transit: cleartext
assignment: official
risk: 1/10
lookups: 0

Technical Details

what runs on :1779

Pharmasoft is registered on port :1779 over tcp and udp to Ola Strandberg. We don't have a technical write-up for it beyond the IANA registry entry.

In nmap's internet-wide scan data this port is found open rarely. What's listening is often not the registered service, so check before you assume.

find what's listening on :1779

this machine

# linux
sudo ss -tulpn 'sport = :1779'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :1779

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :1779

another host

nmap -sV -p T:1779 <host>
sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:1779 <host>

run it? the handshake, the implementations you meet in the wild and the flags that matter come from the engineers who do.

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Security Information

exposure of :1779

risk score

1/ 10safe

routine exposure. this port is rarely the way in on its own — keep it patched and logged and move on.

in transit

cleartext

credentials and payloads are readable by anyone on path

assignment

official

registered with iana for this service — scanners fingerprint it by number

reachable over

tcp · udp

udp is connectionless — source addresses are trivially spoofed and it is a reflection favourite

security overview

no security notes recorded for :1779 yet

known exploits, hardening advice, what a compromise looks like — suggest an edit if you know its exposure.

Record

iana registry entry

port: :1779
service: Pharmasoft
transport: TCPUDP
encryption: cleartext
assignment: iana registered
risk: 1/10safe
category: uncategorised
usage: Port 1779 is assigned to the Pharmasoft service for both TCP and UDP. The assignment is registered to Ola Strandberg, but public deployment and protocol details are not documented here.
lookups: 0rank 993
added: 2026-09-01
updated: 2026-09-01
references: IANA service name registry — port 1779

Something wrong?

This record is maintained by the engineers who use port 1779. Every field on it is editable — change what's wrong, say how you know, and a reviewer publishes it, usually within a minute. Last touched 2026-09-01.

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ports registered around :1779, by lookups.

port	service	proto	category	risk	views
:1720	H.323 Signaling	TCP	Network Services	caution	26.5k
:1755	Microsoft Media Services	TCPUDP	Streaming	caution	13.8k
:1716	America's Army MMO	TCP	Network Services	caution	12.6k
:1812	RADIUS Auth Protocol	TCPUDP	Security	caution	12.0k
:1723	PPTP	TCPUDP	Security	caution	11.3k
:1719	H.323 RAS	UDP	Network Services	caution	9.2k
:1801	MSMQ	TCPUDP	Network Services	caution	8.9k
:1725	Valve Steam	UDP	Gaming	caution	7.3k

risk mix of the 8 listed

caution100%

0 of 8 encrypted

Port :1779Pharmasoft

Technical Details

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Port 1779Pharmasoft