Port 28589BOSSWAVE

TCP port assigned to BOSSWAVE, the Building Operating System Services Wide Area Verified Exchange.

transport
tcp

single transport

in transit
cleartext

payload readable on path

assignment
official

registered with iana

risk
1/10

safe

lookups
0

rank 993 of 6,505 · top 15%

Technical Details

what runs on :28589

BOSSWAVE is registered on port :28589 over tcp to University of California Berkeley, assigned June 2016. 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 never observed open, so if it's open on your network it's more likely a custom or misconfigured service than the registered one.

find what's listening on :28589

this machine
# linux
sudo ss -tlpn 'sport = :28589'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :28589

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :28589
another host
nmap -sV -p T:28589 <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 :28589

risk score

1/ 10safe

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

network services averages 2.6 across 1,956 ports — this one sits 1.6 below.

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

every listening transport is another surface to filter at the edge

security overview

no security notes recorded for :28589 yet

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

the 8 most looked-up other ports in network services — 1,956 ports carry that label.

risk mix of the 8 listed

  • caution100%

0 of 8 encrypted