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Port 210 (z39-50, z39.50)

IANA assigns port 210 to z39-50, z39.50: ANSI Z39.50 IANA assigned this well-formed service name as a replacement for "z39.50"..

Well-known (system) port, 0-1023 TCPUDP

IANA assignment

Service nameProtoDescriptionAssigneeReference
z39-50 TCP ANSI Z39.50 IANA assigned this well-formed service name as a replacement for "z39.50". Mark H Needleman -
z39.50 TCP ANSI Z39.50
This entry is an alias to "z39-50". This entry is now historic, not usable for use with many common service discovery mechanisms.
Mark H Needleman -
z39-50 UDP ANSI Z39.50 IANA assigned this well-formed service name as a replacement for "z39.50". Mark H Needleman -
z39.50 UDP ANSI Z39.50
This entry is an alias to "z39-50". This entry is now historic, not usable for use with many common service discovery mechanisms.
Mark H Needleman -

Check what is listening on port 210

Linux: is anything listening on TCP 210?
sudo ss -tlnp 'sport = :210'
Linux: UDP 210
sudo ss -ulnp 'sport = :210'
Linux / macOS: which process owns the port
sudo lsof -nP -i :210
Older Linux / BSD (net-tools)
sudo netstat -tlnp | grep ':210 '
Windows (Command Prompt)
netstat -ano | findstr :210
Windows (PowerShell)
Get-NetTCPConnection -LocalPort 210 -State Listen | Select LocalAddress,OwningProcess

Test it from outside

From another machine
nc -vz -w 5 HOST 210
From Windows
Test-NetConnection HOST -Port 210
UDP probe (no reply does not prove it is closed)
nc -vzu -w 5 HOST 210

Block port 210 in the firewall

ufw
sudo ufw deny 210/tcp
iptables
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 210 -j DROP
nftables
sudo nft add rule inet filter input tcp dport 210 drop
Windows Firewall
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block TCP 210' -Direction Inbound -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 210 -Action Block
ufw
sudo ufw deny 210/udp
iptables
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p udp --dport 210 -j DROP
nftables
sudo nft add rule inet filter input udp dport 210 drop
Windows Firewall
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block UDP 210' -Direction Inbound -Protocol UDP -LocalPort 210 -Action Block

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