Port 5579FleetDisplay Tracking Service
TCP 5579 is assigned to FleetDisplay Tracking Service, a little-known service registered by Henrik Woffinden.
- 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 5,520 · top 18%
also known as fdtracks
Technical Details
what runs on :5579FleetDisplay Tracking Service is registered on port :5579 over tcp to Henrik Woffinden, assigned September 2008. 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 :5579
# linux
sudo ss -tlpn 'sport = :5579'
# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :5579
# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :5579nmap -sV -p T:5579 <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 :5579risk 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
every listening transport is another surface to filter at the edge
security overview
no security notes recorded for :5579 yet
known exploits, hardening advice, what a compromise looks like — suggest an edit if you know its exposure.
Related Ports
ports registered around :5579, by lookups.
| port | service | risk | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| :5555 | Freeciv | TCP | Security | caution | 26.9k |
| :5632 | pcAnywhere Status | UDP | Security | caution | 13.4k |
| :5631 | Symantec pcAnywhere | TCP | Security | caution | 10.3k |
| :5550 | HP Data Protector | TCP | File Transfer | caution | 8.2k |
| :5517 | Setiqueue Proxy | TCPtls | Cloud | caution | 8.0k |
| :5591 | Tidal Scheduler Master | TCP | System | caution | 6.9k |
| :5556 | Freeciv | TCPUDP | Gaming | caution | 6.1k |
| :5633 | BE Operations Request Listener | TCPUDP | — | safe | 0 |
risk mix of the 8 listed
- safe13%
- caution88%
1 of 8 encrypted