Port 4802Icona License System Server

Assigned to the Icona License System Server, a license-management service associated with Paul Stephen Borlie.

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

also known as ilss

Technical Details

what runs on :4802

Icona License System Server is registered on port :4802 over tcp and udp to Paul Stephen Borlie. 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 :4802

this machine

# linux
sudo ss -tulpn 'sport = :4802'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :4802

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :4802

another host

nmap -sV -p T:4802 <host>
sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:4802 <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 :4802

risk score

1/ 10safe

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

system averages 2.7 across 938 ports — this one sits 1.7 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

tcp · udp

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

security overview

no security notes recorded for :4802 yet

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

Record

iana registry entry

port: :4802
service: Icona License System Server
transport: TCPUDP
encryption: cleartext
assignment: iana registered
risk: 1/10safe
category: System
usage: IANA assigns TCP and UDP port 4802 to the Icona License System Server and lists Paul Stephen Borlie as the registrant. No widely documented deployment or protocol behavior is known.
lookups: 0rank 993
added: 2026-10-06
updated: 2026-10-06
references: IANA service name registry — port 4802

Something wrong?

This record is maintained by the engineers who use port 4802. 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 2026-10-06.

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risk mix of the 8 listed

caution100%

0 of 8 encrypted

Port :4802Icona License System Server

Technical Details

Security Information

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Port 4802Icona License System Server