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Port 1073 (bridgecontrol)

IANA assigns port 1073 to bridgecontrol: Bridge Control.

Registered (user) port, 1024-49151 TCPUDP

IANA assignment

Service nameProtoDescriptionAssigneeReference
bridgecontrol TCP Bridge Control Andy Heron -
bridgecontrol UDP Bridge Control Andy Heron -

Check what is listening on port 1073

Linux: is anything listening on TCP 1073?
sudo ss -tlnp 'sport = :1073'
Linux: UDP 1073
sudo ss -ulnp 'sport = :1073'
Linux / macOS: which process owns the port
sudo lsof -nP -i :1073
Older Linux / BSD (net-tools)
sudo netstat -tlnp | grep ':1073 '
Windows (Command Prompt)
netstat -ano | findstr :1073
Windows (PowerShell)
Get-NetTCPConnection -LocalPort 1073 -State Listen | Select LocalAddress,OwningProcess

Test it from outside

From another machine
nc -vz -w 5 HOST 1073
From Windows
Test-NetConnection HOST -Port 1073
UDP probe (no reply does not prove it is closed)
nc -vzu -w 5 HOST 1073

Block port 1073 in the firewall

ufw
sudo ufw deny 1073/tcp
iptables
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 1073 -j DROP
nftables
sudo nft add rule inet filter input tcp dport 1073 drop
Windows Firewall
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block TCP 1073' -Direction Inbound -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 1073 -Action Block
ufw
sudo ufw deny 1073/udp
iptables
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p udp --dport 1073 -j DROP
nftables
sudo nft add rule inet filter input udp dport 1073 drop
Windows Firewall
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block UDP 1073' -Direction Inbound -Protocol UDP -LocalPort 1073 -Action Block

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