# WHATPORT(8084)

## NAME

port 8084 — websnp (Snarl over HTTP) / HTTP alternate — Registered to the Snarl notification protocol, but in practice just another spare HTTP port.

Protocol: TCP  
IANA: websnp

## DESCRIPTION

IANA assigns 8084/tcp to websnp, "Snarl Network Protocol over HTTP" — the network transport for the Snarl desktop notification system, which is long since discontinued. What you actually meet on 8084 is the fourth or fifth HTTP listener on a busy host: a second app instance, a metrics endpoint, or a container that took the next free port after 8080 through 8083. The port tells you nothing about the protocol, so identify the listener rather than trusting the registration.

## EXPOSURE

**Expose with care.** Whatever is here is an unlabelled HTTP service someone chose by counting upward; check what it serves and whether it authenticates before letting it out of the host.

## CHECK

```sh
curl -sI --max-time 5 http://TARGET:8084/
```

## SEE ALSO

- iana — [IANA Service Name and Transport Protocol Port Number Registry — 8084](https://www.iana.org/assignments/service-names-port-numbers/service-names-port-numbers.xhtml?search=8084) (iana.org)

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