Port 7980Quest Vista

Quest Vista service traffic assigned to TCP and UDP port 7980.

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

Technical Details

what runs on :7980

Quest Vista is registered on port :7980 over tcp and udp to Preston Bannister. 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 found open rarely. What's listening is often not the registered service, so check before you assume.

find what's listening on :7980

this machine

# linux
sudo ss -tulpn 'sport = :7980'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :7980

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :7980

another host

nmap -sV -p T:7980 <host>
sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:7980 <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 :7980

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 · udp

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

security overview

no security notes recorded for :7980 yet

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

Record

iana registry entry

port: :7980
service: Quest Vista
transport: TCPUDP
encryption: cleartext
assignment: iana registered
risk: 1/10safe
category: uncategorised
usage: TCP and UDP port 7980 is assigned to the Quest Vista service. The assignment is registered to Preston Bannister, but public deployment and protocol details are not established.
lookups: 0rank 993
added: 2026-09-07
updated: 2026-09-07
references: IANA service name registry — port 7980

Something wrong?

This record is maintained by the engineers who use port 7980. 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 2026-09-07.

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ports registered around :7980, by lookups.

port	service	proto	category	risk	views
:8000	Intel Remote Desktop / Alternate HTTP Port	TCP	Web Services	safe	84.3k
:8008	IBM HTTP Server Admin	TCP	Web Services	caution	58.3k
:8008	HTTP Alternate Port	TCP	Web Services	caution	49.6k
:8000	Alternate HTTP / SHOUTcast	TCP	Web Services	caution	45.0k
:8011	Symon Event Engine	TCP	Network Services	caution	28.4k
:8009	Apache JServ Protocol (AJP)	TCP	Web Services	caution	15.8k
:8010	XMPP File Transfers	TCP	File Transfer	caution	11.5k
:8002	CUCM Intercluster	TCP	Network Services	caution	10.6k

risk mix of the 8 listed

safe13%
caution88%

0 of 8 encrypted

Port :7980Quest Vista

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Port 7980Quest Vista