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Port 1578 (jacobus-lm)

IANA assigns port 1578 to jacobus-lm: Jacobus License Manager.

Registered (user) port, 1024-49151 TCPUDP

IANA assignment

Service nameProtoDescriptionAssigneeReference
jacobus-lm TCP Jacobus License Manager Tony Cleveland -
jacobus-lm UDP Jacobus License Manager Tony Cleveland -

Check what is listening on port 1578

Linux: is anything listening on TCP 1578?
sudo ss -tlnp 'sport = :1578'
Linux: UDP 1578
sudo ss -ulnp 'sport = :1578'
Linux / macOS: which process owns the port
sudo lsof -nP -i :1578
Older Linux / BSD (net-tools)
sudo netstat -tlnp | grep ':1578 '
Windows (Command Prompt)
netstat -ano | findstr :1578
Windows (PowerShell)
Get-NetTCPConnection -LocalPort 1578 -State Listen | Select LocalAddress,OwningProcess

Test it from outside

From another machine
nc -vz -w 5 HOST 1578
From Windows
Test-NetConnection HOST -Port 1578
UDP probe (no reply does not prove it is closed)
nc -vzu -w 5 HOST 1578

Block port 1578 in the firewall

ufw
sudo ufw deny 1578/tcp
iptables
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 1578 -j DROP
nftables
sudo nft add rule inet filter input tcp dport 1578 drop
Windows Firewall
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block TCP 1578' -Direction Inbound -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 1578 -Action Block
ufw
sudo ufw deny 1578/udp
iptables
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p udp --dport 1578 -j DROP
nftables
sudo nft add rule inet filter input udp dport 1578 drop
Windows Firewall
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block UDP 1578' -Direction Inbound -Protocol UDP -LocalPort 1578 -Action Block

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