Port 8699VNYX Primary Port

TCP/8699 is assigned as VNYX Primary Port to Gregg Green; no established public protocol or common listener is known.

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

Technical Details

what runs on :8699

VNYX Primary Port is registered on port :8699 over tcp to Gregg Green, assigned November 2004. 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 :8699

this machine

# linux
sudo ss -tlpn 'sport = :8699'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :8699

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :8699

another host

nmap -sV -p T:8699 <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 :8699

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 :8699 yet

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

Record

iana registry entry

port: :8699
service: VNYX Primary Port
transport: TCP
encryption: cleartext
assignment: iana registered
risk: 1/10safe
category: uncategorised
usage: The IANA assignment names this port VNYX Primary Port and lists Gregg Green as the registrant. No widely documented product or protocol is known to commonly listen on it.
lookups: 0rank 993
added: 2026-10-14
updated: 2026-10-14
references: IANA service name registry — port 8699

Something wrong?

This record is maintained by the engineers who use port 8699. 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 2026-10-14.

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02a model checks it for accuracy and spam
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ports registered around :8699, by lookups.

port	service	proto	category	risk	views
:8701	SoftPerfect Bandwidth Manager	UDP	Network Services	caution	10.1k
:8702	SoftPerfect Bandwidth Manager	UDP	Security	caution	9.7k
:8691	Ultra Fractal Server	TCP	System	caution	6.0k
:8665	Monetra Payment Processing	TCPtls	Network Services	risk	0
:8666	Monetra Administrative Access	TCP	Remote Access	safe	0
:8668	Spartan management	TCP	—	safe	0
:8688	OpenRemote Controller HTTP/REST	TCP	Web Services	caution	0
:8710	SEMI gRPC	TCP	Network Services	safe	0

risk mix of the 8 listed

safe38%
caution50%
risk13%

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Port :8699VNYX Primary Port

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Port 8699VNYX Primary Port