Port 4794veRoCE Transport Protocol

UDP port 4794 is assigned to ByteDance's veRoCE Transport Protocol.

transport
udp

single transport

in transit
cleartext

payload readable on path

assignment
official

registered with iana

risk
1/10

safe

lookups
0

rank 993 of 5,296 · top 19%

Technical Details

what runs on :4794

veRoCE Transport Protocol is registered on port :4794 over udp to ByteDance, assigned March 2026. 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 :4794

this machine
# linux
sudo ss -ulpn 'sport = :4794'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :4794

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :4794
another host
sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:4794 <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 :4794

risk score

1/ 10safe

routine exposure. this port is rarely the way in on its own — keep it patched and logged and move on.

network services averages 2.6 across 1,592 ports — this one sits 1.6 below.

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

udp

udp is connectionless — source addresses are trivially spoofed and it is a reflection favourite

security overview

no security notes recorded for :4794 yet

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

the 8 most looked-up other ports in network services — 1,592 ports carry that label.

risk mix of the 8 listed

  • caution100%

0 of 8 encrypted