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Port 4879 (wsdl-event)

IANA assigns port 4879 to wsdl-event: WSDL Event Receiver.

Registered (user) port, 1024-49151 TCP

IANA assignment

Service nameProtoDescriptionAssigneeReference
wsdl-event TCP WSDL Event Receiver Charles F Steele -

Registry dates for this port: registered 2011-02-15.

Check what is listening on port 4879

Linux: is anything listening on TCP 4879?
sudo ss -tlnp 'sport = :4879'
Linux / macOS: which process owns the port
sudo lsof -nP -i :4879
Older Linux / BSD (net-tools)
sudo netstat -tlnp | grep ':4879 '
Windows (Command Prompt)
netstat -ano | findstr :4879
Windows (PowerShell)
Get-NetTCPConnection -LocalPort 4879 -State Listen | Select LocalAddress,OwningProcess

Test it from outside

From another machine
nc -vz -w 5 HOST 4879
From Windows
Test-NetConnection HOST -Port 4879

Block port 4879 in the firewall

ufw
sudo ufw deny 4879/tcp
iptables
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 4879 -j DROP
nftables
sudo nft add rule inet filter input tcp dport 4879 drop
Windows Firewall
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block TCP 4879' -Direction Inbound -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 4879 -Action Block

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