Port 4600Piranha1

Piranha1 is an obscure service assignment on TCP and UDP port 4600 with no recorded owner or published protocol details.

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

Technical Details

what runs on :4600

no technical write-up for :4600 yet

the handshake, the implementations you meet in the wild, the flags that matter. we have the registry entry — the detail comes from the engineers who run it.

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Security Information

exposure of :4600

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 :4600 yet

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

Record

iana registry entry

port: :4600
service: Piranha1
transport: TCPUDP
encryption: cleartext
assignment: iana registered
risk: 1/10safe
category: uncategorised
usage: The registry assigns TCP and UDP port 4600 to the Piranha1 service. No registrant, product, or documented deployment is recorded, and it is rarely observed open on the public internet.
lookups: 0rank 994
added: 2026-09-09
updated: 2026-09-09
references: IANA service name registry — port 4600

Something wrong?

This record is maintained by the engineers who use port 4600. 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 2026-09-09.

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:4569	IAX2	UDP	Voice and Chat	caution	8.0k
:4662	eMule File Sharing	TCP	File Transfer	caution	6.0k
:4664	Wrapper: Offline asset server	TCPUDP	Web Services	caution	3.5k
:4593	IPT (ANRI-ANRI)	TCPUDP	—	safe	0

risk mix of the 8 listed

safe13%
caution88%

0 of 8 encrypted

Port :4600Piranha1

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Port 4600Piranha1