Port 4179Maxum Services

IANA-assigned port for Maxum Services traffic over TCP or UDP.

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

also known as MaxumSP

Technical Details

what runs on :4179

Maxum Services is registered on port :4179 over tcp and udp to Greg Stine, assigned July 2007. 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 :4179

this machine

# linux
sudo ss -tulpn 'sport = :4179'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :4179

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :4179

another host

nmap -sV -p T:4179 <host>
sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:4179 <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 :4179

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 :4179 yet

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

Record

iana registry entry

port: :4179
service: Maxum Services
transport: TCPUDP
encryption: cleartext
assignment: iana registered
risk: 1/10safe
category: uncategorised
usage: Port 4179 is assigned to Maxum Services, identified by the registry as MaxumSP. The assignment is registered to Greg Stine; publicly documented deployment details are not available here.
lookups: 0rank 993
added: 2026-09-06
updated: 2026-09-06
references: IANA service name registry — port 4179

Something wrong?

This record is maintained by the engineers who use port 4179. 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 2026-09-06.

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ports registered around :4179, by lookups.

port	service	proto	category	risk	views
:4125	Remote Web Workplace	TCP	Web Services	caution	20.5k
:4116	Smartcard TLS	TCPUDP	Security	caution	13.6k
:4201	TinyMUD	TCP	Gaming	caution	7.7k
:4226	Aleph One Game	TCPUDP	Gaming	caution	7.5k
:4224	Cisco Audio Tunneling	TCP	Network Services	caution	6.6k
:4129	NuFW authentication protocol	TCPUDPtls	Security	caution	0
:4133	NUTS BOOTP Server	TCPUDP	Network Services	safe	0
:4132	NUTS Daemon	TCPUDP	System	safe	0

risk mix of the 8 listed

safe25%
caution75%

1 of 8 encrypted

Port :4179Maxum Services

Technical Details

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Port 4179Maxum Services