Port 4485Assyst Data Repository Service

TCP 4485 is assigned to Assyst Data Repository Service, a little-documented service registered to Albert Cester.

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 5,199 · top 19%

also known as assyst-dr

Technical Details

what runs on :4485

Assyst Data Repository Service is registered on port :4485 over tcp to Albert Cester, assigned August 2008. 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 :4485

this machine
# linux
sudo ss -tlpn 'sport = :4485'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :4485

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :4485
another host
nmap -sV -p T:4485 <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 :4485

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 :4485 yet

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

ports registered around :4485, by lookups.

portservicerisk
:4500IPSec NAT Traversalcaution
:4534Armagetron Advancedcaution
:4433Axence nVisioncaution
:4443Pharossafe
:4447N1-RMGMTsafe
:4536Event Heap Server SSLsafe
:4449PrivateWiresafe
:4444Kerberos 524caution

risk mix of the 8 listed

  • safe50%
  • caution50%

2 of 8 encrypted