Port 5087BIOTIC

BIOTIC provides binary interoperable communication for Internet of Things devices over TCP.

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

also known as Binary Internet of Things Interoperable Communication

Technical Details

what runs on :5087

BIOTIC is registered on port :5087 over tcp to Waher Data AB, assigned June 2014. 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 found open rarely. What's listening is often not the registered service, so check before you assume.

find what's listening on :5087

this machine

# linux
sudo ss -tlpn 'sport = :5087'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :5087

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :5087

another host

nmap -sV -p T:5087 <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 :5087

risk score

1/ 10safe

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

iot averages 3.4 across 149 ports — this one sits 2.4 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 :5087 yet

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

Record

iana registry entry

port: :5087
service: BIOTIC
transport: TCP
encryption: cleartext
assignment: iana registered
risk: 1/10safe
category: IoT
usage: TCP port 5087 is assigned to BIOTIC, the Binary Internet of Things Interoperable Communication service. The assignment is registered to Waher Data AB; deployment details are not specified in the registry.
lookups: 0rank 993
added: 2026-09-08
updated: 2026-09-08
references: IANA service name registry — port 5087

Something wrong?

This record is maintained by the engineers who use port 5087. 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 2026-09-08.

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Related Ports

all 149 in iot →

the 8 most looked-up other ports in iot — 149 ports carry that label.

port	service	proto	category	risk	views
:6543	Jetnet	UDP	Network Services	caution	65.3k
:3233	WhiskerControl Protocol	TCPUDP	Network Services	caution	61.9k
:9600	Omron FINS Communication	UDP	Network Services	caution	33.2k
:4840	OPC UA TCP	TCPUDP	Network Services	caution	26.6k
:5678	Mikrotik MNDP	UDP	Network Services	caution	24.7k
:4843	OPC UA over TLS/SSL	TCPUDPtls	Security	caution	24.6k
:5001	Slingbox	TCP	Streaming	caution	22.4k
:15000	Hypack Data Acquisition	TCP	Network Services	caution	21.4k

risk mix of the 8 listed

caution100%

1 of 8 encrypted

Port :5087BIOTIC

Technical Details

Security Information

Related Ports

Port 5087BIOTIC