Port 4683Spike Clipboard Service

Port 4683 is assigned to the Spike Clipboard Service, registered by Scott Herscher.

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

Technical Details

what runs on :4683

Spike Clipboard Service is registered on port :4683 over tcp and udp to Scott Herscher, assigned August 2005. 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 :4683

this machine

# linux
sudo ss -tulpn 'sport = :4683'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :4683

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :4683

another host

nmap -sV -p T:4683 <host>
sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:4683 <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 :4683

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 :4683 yet

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

Record

iana registry entry

port: :4683
service: Spike Clipboard Service
transport: TCPUDP
encryption: cleartext
assignment: iana registered
risk: 1/10safe
category: uncategorised
usage: The IANA assignment identifies the service as Spike Clipboard Service and lists Scott Herscher as its registrant. No established deployment or protocol details are known.
lookups: 0rank 993
added: 2026-10-05
updated: 2026-10-05
references: IANA service name registry — port 4683

Something wrong?

This record is maintained by the engineers who use port 4683. 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 2026-10-05.

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ports registered around :4683, by lookups.

port	service	proto	category	risk	views
:4664	Google Desktop Search	TCP	System	caution	67.2k
:4712	McAfee Web Gateway GUI	TCPtls	Web Services	caution	24.8k
:4711	McAfee Web Gateway HTTP GUI	TCP	Web Services	caution	22.3k
:4747	Apprentice	TCP	Remote Access	caution	11.6k
:4728	CA DMP / Port Multiplexer	TCP	Network Services	caution	10.0k
:4662	OrbitNet Message	TCPUDP	File Transfer	caution	9.0k
:4662	eMule File Sharing	TCP	File Transfer	caution	6.0k
:4672	eMule UDP Port	UDP	File Transfer	caution	5.1k

risk mix of the 8 listed

caution100%

1 of 8 encrypted

Port :4683Spike Clipboard Service

Technical Details

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Port 4683Spike Clipboard Service