Port 7810Riverbed WAN Optimization Protocol

Riverbed SteelHead appliances use this port for proprietary WAN-optimization peer traffic.

transport
tcp · udp

2 transports registered

in transit
cleartext

payload readable on path

assignment
official

registered with iana

risk
2/10

safe

lookups
0

rank 993 of 5,948 · top 17%

also known as rbt-wanopt, Riverbed SteelHead

Technical Details

what runs on :7810

The IANA assignment covers TCP and UDP port 7810 and identifies the service as Riverbed WAN Optimization Protocol. It is a proprietary appliance-to-appliance service, rather than a public application protocol; detailed handshake, framing, and port-specific transport behavior are not well documented publicly. Do not assume that every SteelHead deployment listens on this port or that both transports are used in every configuration.

Security Information

exposure of :7810

risk score

2/ 10safe

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

network services averages 2.6 across 1,795 ports — this one sits 0.6 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

This port should normally be limited to trusted Riverbed peers, not exposed to the public internet. Traffic encryption and peer protections depend on appliance configuration; keep the firmware current and use the product's secure-peering options where available. There is no widely established port-specific vulnerability implied by the assignment.

the 8 most looked-up other ports in network services — 1,795 ports carry that label.

risk mix of the 8 listed

  • caution100%

0 of 8 encrypted