Port 1998 (x25-svc-port)

IANA assigns port 1998 to x25-svc-port: cisco X.25 service (XOT).

Registered (user) port, 1024-49151 TCPUDP

IANA assignment

Service nameProtoDescriptionAssigneeReference

x25-svc-port TCP cisco X.25 service (XOT) - -

x25-svc-port UDP cisco X.25 service (XOT) - -

Linux: is anything listening on TCP 1998?

sudo ss -tlnp 'sport = :1998'

Linux: UDP 1998

sudo ss -ulnp 'sport = :1998'

Linux / macOS: which process owns the port

sudo lsof -nP -i :1998

Older Linux / BSD (net-tools)

sudo netstat -tlnp | grep ':1998 '

Windows (Command Prompt)

netstat -ano | findstr :1998

Windows (PowerShell)

Get-NetTCPConnection -LocalPort 1998 -State Listen | Select LocalAddress,OwningProcess

From another machine

nc -vz -w 5 HOST 1998

From Windows

Test-NetConnection HOST -Port 1998

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

nc -vzu -w 5 HOST 1998

ufw

sudo ufw deny 1998/tcp

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 1998 -j DROP

nftables

sudo nft add rule inet filter input tcp dport 1998 drop

Windows Firewall

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block TCP 1998' -Direction Inbound -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 1998 -Action Block

ufw

sudo ufw deny 1998/udp

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p udp --dport 1998 -j DROP

nftables

sudo nft add rule inet filter input udp dport 1998 drop

Windows Firewall

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block UDP 1998' -Direction Inbound -Protocol UDP -LocalPort 1998 -Action Block

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