Port 7870Riverbed Steelhead Mobile Service

TCP 7870 is assigned to Riverbed Steelhead Mobile Service, with no widely observed listener or well-documented public protocol details.

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

also known as rbt-smc

Technical Details

what runs on :7870

Riverbed Steelhead Mobile Service is registered on port :7870 over tcp to Gabriel Levy, assigned August 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 :7870

this machine

# linux
sudo ss -tlpn 'sport = :7870'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :7870

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :7870

another host

nmap -sV -p T:7870 <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 :7870

risk 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 :7870 yet

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

Record

iana registry entry

port: :7870
service: Riverbed Steelhead Mobile Service
transport: TCP
encryption: cleartext
assignment: iana registered
risk: 1/10safe
category: uncategorised
usage: The IANA assignment identifies this as Riverbed Steelhead Mobile Service. The registry names Gabriel Levy as the registrant; internet-wide scan data has not observed the port open.
lookups: 0rank 993
added: 2026-10-13
updated: 2026-10-13
references: IANA service name registry — port 7870

Something wrong?

This record is maintained by the engineers who use port 7870. 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 2026-10-13.

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ports registered around :7870, by lookups.

port	service	proto	category	risk	views
:7831	Smartlaunch Server	TCP	Network Services	caution	17.7k
:7880	PowerSchool Gradebook	TCPUDP	Web Services	caution	6.4k
:7915	YSFlight Server	TCP	Network Services	caution	5.7k
:7933	Tier 2 Business Rules Manager	TCPUDP	—	safe	0
:7900	Multicast Event	TCPUDP	Network Services	safe	0
:7878	Opswise Message Service	TCP	Network Services	safe	0
:7887	Universal Broker	TCPUDP	Network Services	safe	0
:7846	APC 7846	TCPUDP	—	safe	0

risk mix of the 8 listed

safe63%
caution38%

0 of 8 encrypted

Port :7870Riverbed Steelhead Mobile Service

Technical Details

Security Information

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Port 7870Riverbed Steelhead Mobile Service