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Port 1773 (kmscontrol)

IANA assigns port 1773 to kmscontrol: KMSControl.

Registered (user) port, 1024-49151 TCPUDP

IANA assignment

Service nameProtoDescriptionAssigneeReference
kmscontrol TCP KMSControl Roy Chastain -
kmscontrol UDP KMSControl Roy Chastain -

Check what is listening on port 1773

Linux: is anything listening on TCP 1773?
sudo ss -tlnp 'sport = :1773'
Linux: UDP 1773
sudo ss -ulnp 'sport = :1773'
Linux / macOS: which process owns the port
sudo lsof -nP -i :1773
Older Linux / BSD (net-tools)
sudo netstat -tlnp | grep ':1773 '
Windows (Command Prompt)
netstat -ano | findstr :1773
Windows (PowerShell)
Get-NetTCPConnection -LocalPort 1773 -State Listen | Select LocalAddress,OwningProcess

Test it from outside

From another machine
nc -vz -w 5 HOST 1773
From Windows
Test-NetConnection HOST -Port 1773
UDP probe (no reply does not prove it is closed)
nc -vzu -w 5 HOST 1773

Block port 1773 in the firewall

ufw
sudo ufw deny 1773/tcp
iptables
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 1773 -j DROP
nftables
sudo nft add rule inet filter input tcp dport 1773 drop
Windows Firewall
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block TCP 1773' -Direction Inbound -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 1773 -Action Block
ufw
sudo ufw deny 1773/udp
iptables
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p udp --dport 1773 -j DROP
nftables
sudo nft add rule inet filter input udp dport 1773 drop
Windows Firewall
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block UDP 1773' -Direction Inbound -Protocol UDP -LocalPort 1773 -Action Block

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