Port 1925 (discovery-port)

IANA assigns port 1925 to discovery-port: Surrogate Discovery Port.

Registered (user) port, 1024-49151 TCPUDP

IANA assignment

Service nameProtoDescriptionAssigneeReference

discovery-port TCP Surrogate Discovery Port Keith Thompson -

discovery-port UDP Surrogate Discovery Port Keith Thompson -

Linux: is anything listening on TCP 1925?

sudo ss -tlnp 'sport = :1925'

Linux: UDP 1925

sudo ss -ulnp 'sport = :1925'

Linux / macOS: which process owns the port

sudo lsof -nP -i :1925

Older Linux / BSD (net-tools)

sudo netstat -tlnp | grep ':1925 '

Windows (Command Prompt)

netstat -ano | findstr :1925

Windows (PowerShell)

Get-NetTCPConnection -LocalPort 1925 -State Listen | Select LocalAddress,OwningProcess

From another machine

nc -vz -w 5 HOST 1925

From Windows

Test-NetConnection HOST -Port 1925

UDP probe (no reply does not prove it is closed)

nc -vzu -w 5 HOST 1925

ufw

sudo ufw deny 1925/tcp

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 1925 -j DROP

nftables

sudo nft add rule inet filter input tcp dport 1925 drop

Windows Firewall

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block TCP 1925' -Direction Inbound -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 1925 -Action Block

ufw

sudo ufw deny 1925/udp

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p udp --dport 1925 -j DROP

nftables

sudo nft add rule inet filter input udp dport 1925 drop

Windows Firewall

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block UDP 1925' -Direction Inbound -Protocol UDP -LocalPort 1925 -Action Block

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