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Port 17185 (soundsvirtual)

IANA assigns port 17185 to soundsvirtual: Sounds Virtual.

Registered (user) port, 1024-49151 TCPUDP

IANA assignment

Service nameProtoDescriptionAssigneeReference
soundsvirtual TCP Sounds Virtual Richard Snider -
soundsvirtual UDP Sounds Virtual Richard Snider -

Check what is listening on port 17185

Linux: is anything listening on TCP 17185?
sudo ss -tlnp 'sport = :17185'
Linux: UDP 17185
sudo ss -ulnp 'sport = :17185'
Linux / macOS: which process owns the port
sudo lsof -nP -i :17185
Older Linux / BSD (net-tools)
sudo netstat -tlnp | grep ':17185 '
Windows (Command Prompt)
netstat -ano | findstr :17185
Windows (PowerShell)
Get-NetTCPConnection -LocalPort 17185 -State Listen | Select LocalAddress,OwningProcess

Test it from outside

From another machine
nc -vz -w 5 HOST 17185
From Windows
Test-NetConnection HOST -Port 17185
UDP probe (no reply does not prove it is closed)
nc -vzu -w 5 HOST 17185

Block port 17185 in the firewall

ufw
sudo ufw deny 17185/tcp
iptables
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 17185 -j DROP
nftables
sudo nft add rule inet filter input tcp dport 17185 drop
Windows Firewall
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block TCP 17185' -Direction Inbound -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 17185 -Action Block
ufw
sudo ufw deny 17185/udp
iptables
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p udp --dport 17185 -j DROP
nftables
sudo nft add rule inet filter input udp dport 17185 drop
Windows Firewall
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block UDP 17185' -Direction Inbound -Protocol UDP -LocalPort 17185 -Action Block

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