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Port 12168 (cawas)

IANA assigns port 12168 to cawas: CA Web Access Service.

Registered (user) port, 1024-49151 TCPUDP

IANA assignment

Service nameProtoDescriptionAssigneeReference
cawas TCP CA Web Access Service Jon Press -
cawas UDP CA Web Access Service Jon Press -

Registry dates for this port: registered 2005-08.

Check what is listening on port 12168

Linux: is anything listening on TCP 12168?
sudo ss -tlnp 'sport = :12168'
Linux: UDP 12168
sudo ss -ulnp 'sport = :12168'
Linux / macOS: which process owns the port
sudo lsof -nP -i :12168
Older Linux / BSD (net-tools)
sudo netstat -tlnp | grep ':12168 '
Windows (Command Prompt)
netstat -ano | findstr :12168
Windows (PowerShell)
Get-NetTCPConnection -LocalPort 12168 -State Listen | Select LocalAddress,OwningProcess

Test it from outside

From another machine
nc -vz -w 5 HOST 12168
From Windows
Test-NetConnection HOST -Port 12168
UDP probe (no reply does not prove it is closed)
nc -vzu -w 5 HOST 12168

Block port 12168 in the firewall

ufw
sudo ufw deny 12168/tcp
iptables
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 12168 -j DROP
nftables
sudo nft add rule inet filter input tcp dport 12168 drop
Windows Firewall
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block TCP 12168' -Direction Inbound -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 12168 -Action Block
ufw
sudo ufw deny 12168/udp
iptables
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p udp --dport 12168 -j DROP
nftables
sudo nft add rule inet filter input udp dport 12168 drop
Windows Firewall
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block UDP 12168' -Direction Inbound -Protocol UDP -LocalPort 12168 -Action Block

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