2 entries are registered on port 6679. It is a registered port (1024–49151) — IANA records an assignee, but nothing stops other software from listening here, which is why the number carries more than one entry.
services registered on this number
2 transports in use
entries encrypted on the wire
1 of 2 iana-registered
| port | service | proto | category | risk | views |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| :6679 | IRC SSL | TCPtls | Security | caution | 15.7k |
| :6679 | Osorno Automation | TCPUDP | — | safe | 0 |
IRC SSL on port 6679 is frequently used for secure Internet Relay Chat services, enabling real-time text communication over an encrypted connection. It protects message content during transmission by leveraging SSL/TLS, thereby ensuring privacy and integrity. Although this port is unofficial, it is widely adopted by IRC networks to add a security layer to traditional plaintext IRC communications.
port 6679 as IRC SSL →Osorno Automation is an obscure IANA-listed service; no widely documented protocol or common implementation is known.
port 6679 as Osorno Automation →The registry says what 6679 is registered to. What is listening on it right now is decided by the host, and only the host can be asked. Each of these prints the process behind the socket.
ss -ltnp | grep ':6679\b'lsof -nP -iTCP:6679 -sTCP:LISTENnetstat -ano | findstr :6679On Linux and Windows the process name comes back with the socket; on macOS lsof needs sudo to name a process that isn't yours. Match what it prints against the 2 entries above.
A port number is not a service. Anything may listen on 6679 — what you actually met is decided by the host, not the registry. If a service is missing here, it belongs in the registry.
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