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Port 4683 (spike)

IANA assigns port 4683 to spike: Spike Clipboard Service.

Registered (user) port, 1024-49151 TCPUDP

IANA assignment

Service nameProtoDescriptionAssigneeReference
spike TCP Spike Clipboard Service Scott Herscher -
spike UDP Spike Clipboard Service Scott Herscher -

Registry dates for this port: registered 2005-08.

Check what is listening on port 4683

Linux: is anything listening on TCP 4683?
sudo ss -tlnp 'sport = :4683'
Linux: UDP 4683
sudo ss -ulnp 'sport = :4683'
Linux / macOS: which process owns the port
sudo lsof -nP -i :4683
Older Linux / BSD (net-tools)
sudo netstat -tlnp | grep ':4683 '
Windows (Command Prompt)
netstat -ano | findstr :4683
Windows (PowerShell)
Get-NetTCPConnection -LocalPort 4683 -State Listen | Select LocalAddress,OwningProcess

Test it from outside

From another machine
nc -vz -w 5 HOST 4683
From Windows
Test-NetConnection HOST -Port 4683
UDP probe (no reply does not prove it is closed)
nc -vzu -w 5 HOST 4683

Block port 4683 in the firewall

ufw
sudo ufw deny 4683/tcp
iptables
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 4683 -j DROP
nftables
sudo nft add rule inet filter input tcp dport 4683 drop
Windows Firewall
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block TCP 4683' -Direction Inbound -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 4683 -Action Block
ufw
sudo ufw deny 4683/udp
iptables
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p udp --dport 4683 -j DROP
nftables
sudo nft add rule inet filter input udp dport 4683 drop
Windows Firewall
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block UDP 4683' -Direction Inbound -Protocol UDP -LocalPort 4683 -Action Block

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Assignment data: IANA port number registry (public domain), retrieved 2026-11-10.