Port 3987Centerline

IANA assigns TCP and UDP port 3987 to Centerline; no widely used public protocol or common listener is known.

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

Technical Details

what runs on :3987

Centerline is registered on port :3987 over tcp and udp to Mark Simpson. 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 :3987

this machine

# linux
sudo ss -tulpn 'sport = :3987'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :3987

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :3987

another host

nmap -sV -p T:3987 <host>
sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:3987 <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 :3987

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 :3987 yet

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

Record

iana registry entry

port: :3987
service: Centerline
transport: TCPUDP
encryption: cleartext
assignment: iana registered
risk: 1/10safe
category: uncategorised
usage: IANA lists Centerline on TCP and UDP 3987, registered to Mark Simpson; no registration date or protocol details are recorded. It is not known as a commonly encountered service, and it has not appeared open in the cited Nmap scan data.
lookups: 0rank 993
added: 2026-10-02
updated: 2026-10-02
references: IANA service name registry — port 3987

Something wrong?

This record is maintained by the engineers who use port 3987. 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 2026-10-02.

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ports registered around :3987, by lookups.

port	service	proto	category	risk	views
:3978	OpenTTD Master Server	TCPUDP	Gaming	caution	12.5k
:3999	Norman Scanning Service	TCPUDP	Security	caution	9.9k
:4007	PrintBuzzer Socket Server	TCP	Network Services	caution	8.2k
:4001	Microsoft Ants	TCP	Gaming	caution	7.7k
:3945	EMCADS	TCPUDP	Security	caution	7.6k
:4018	Protocol Info & Warnings	TCPUDP	Network Services	caution	6.7k
:3979	OpenTTD	TCPUDP	Gaming	caution	4.4k
:4000	Diablo II	TCPUDP	Gaming	caution	4.3k

risk mix of the 8 listed

caution100%

0 of 8 encrypted

Port :3987Centerline

Technical Details

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