Port 4171Maxlogic Supervisor Communication

TCP port 4171 is assigned to Maxlogic Supervisor Communication, but its protocol and real-world use are not documented here.

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 5,087 · top 20%

also known as ml-svnet

Technical Details

what runs on :4171

Maxlogic Supervisor Communication is registered on port :4171 over tcp to Taha Paksu, assigned December 2009. 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 :4171

this machine
# linux
sudo ss -tlpn 'sport = :4171'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :4171

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :4171
another host
nmap -sV -p T:4171 <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 :4171

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

every listening transport is another surface to filter at the edge

security overview

no security notes recorded for :4171 yet

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

ports registered around :4171, by lookups.

risk mix of the 8 listed

  • safe25%
  • caution75%

0 of 8 encrypted