Port 6480Sun Service Registry HTTP

HTTP access to Sun Service Registry, an ebXML-based repository for service descriptions and related metadata.

transport: tcp · udp
in transit: cleartext
assignment: official
risk: 2/10
lookups: 0

also known as sun-sr-http, ebXML Registry

Technical Details

what runs on :6480

The IANA name refers to the HTTP endpoint for Sun Service Registry, which provides web and registry-service access to an ebXML registry of service descriptions and related metadata. HTTP uses TCP; although IANA lists both TCP and UDP for the assignment, UDP is not a normal transport for this HTTP service. The registry endpoint uses ordinary HTTP request/response framing, with registry operations carried in web-service messages. Product deployments may provide a separate HTTPS endpoint; port 6480 itself is not encrypted by default.

Security Information

exposure of :6480

risk score

2/ 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 207 ports — this one sits 1.1 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 · udp

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

security overview

Traffic on this HTTP endpoint is cleartext, so requests and registry contents can be observed in transit. Registry data may reveal service and system metadata, and the impact of access or changes depends on the deployment's authorization settings; keep the endpoint off the public internet and use HTTPS and access controls where available. The product is legacy and this port is rarely observed open in internet-wide scans.

Record

iana registry entry

port: :6480
service: Sun Service Registry HTTP
transport: TCPUDP
encryption: cleartext
assignment: iana registered
risk: 2/10safe
category: Web Services Network Services
usage: This is the default HTTP endpoint associated with Sun Service Registry, a service-metadata repository implementing ebXML Registry. Engineers are most likely to encounter it on legacy Sun/GlassFish-based deployments; it is not a commonly exposed general-purpose web service.
lookups: 0rank 993
added: 2026-10-10
updated: 2026-10-10
references: IANA service name registry — port 6480

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the 8 most looked-up other ports in web services — 207 ports carry that label.

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: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

Port :6480Sun Service Registry HTTP

Technical Details

Security Information

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Port 6480Sun Service Registry HTTP