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Port 11998 (wmedistribution)

IANA assigns port 11998 to wmedistribution: WorldMailExpress.

Registered (user) port, 1024-49151 TCP

IANA assignment

Service nameProtoDescriptionAssigneeReference
wmedistribution SCTP WorldMailExpress Greg Foutz -

Registry dates for this port: registered 2006-03.

Check what is listening on port 11998

Linux: is anything listening on TCP 11998?
sudo ss -tlnp 'sport = :11998'
Linux / macOS: which process owns the port
sudo lsof -nP -i :11998
Older Linux / BSD (net-tools)
sudo netstat -tlnp | grep ':11998 '
Windows (Command Prompt)
netstat -ano | findstr :11998
Windows (PowerShell)
Get-NetTCPConnection -LocalPort 11998 -State Listen | Select LocalAddress,OwningProcess

Test it from outside

From another machine
nc -vz -w 5 HOST 11998
From Windows
Test-NetConnection HOST -Port 11998

Block port 11998 in the firewall

ufw
sudo ufw deny 11998/tcp
iptables
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 11998 -j DROP
nftables
sudo nft add rule inet filter input tcp dport 11998 drop
Windows Firewall
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block TCP 11998' -Direction Inbound -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 11998 -Action Block

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