Port 4879WSDL Event Receiver
Port 4879 is assigned to a WSDL Event Receiver, but no common deployment or protocol behavior is established.
- transport
- tcp
- in transit
- cleartext
- assignment
- official
- risk
- 1/10
- lookups
- 0
single transport
payload readable on path
registered with iana
safe
rank 993 of 5,311 · top 19%
Technical Details
what runs on :4879WSDL Event Receiver is registered on port :4879 over tcp to Charles F Steele, assigned February 2011. 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 :4879
# linux
sudo ss -tlpn 'sport = :4879'
# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :4879
# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :4879nmap -sV -p T:4879 <host>run it? the handshake, the implementations you meet in the wild and the flags that matter come from the engineers who do.
add technical detailsSecurity Information
exposure of :4879risk score
1/ 10safe
routine exposure. this port is rarely the way in on its own — keep it patched and logged and move on.
web services averages 3.1 across 194 ports — this one sits 2.1 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
every listening transport is another surface to filter at the edge
security overview
no security notes recorded for :4879 yet
known exploits, hardening advice, what a compromise looks like — suggest an edit if you know its exposure.
Related Ports
the 8 most looked-up other ports in web services — 194 ports carry that label.
| port | service | risk | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| :8888 | Sun Answerbook & Alt HTTP | TCP | Web Services | caution | 123.9k |
| :8000 | Intel Remote Desktop / Alternate HTTP Port | TCP | Web Services | safe | 84.3k |
| :8888 | NewsEDGE | TCPUDP | Web Services | caution | 83.3k |
| :8888 | HTTP Alternative Port | TCP | Web Services | caution | 76.5k |
| :8888 | GNUmp3d Streaming HTTP | TCP | Web Services | caution | 76.3k |
| :9080 | Groove RPC | TCPUDP | Web Services | caution | 70.8k |
| :8881 | Atlasz Secure Server | TCP | Web Services | caution | 67.6k |
| :80 | HTTP | TCPUDP | Web Services | caution | 67.3k |
risk mix of the 8 listed
- safe13%
- caution88%
0 of 8 encrypted