Port 3224 (aes-discovery)

IANA assigns port 3224 to aes-discovery: AES Discovery Port.

Registered (user) port, 1024-49151 TCPUDP

IANA assignment

Service nameProtoDescriptionAssigneeReference

aes-discovery TCP AES Discovery Port Ken Richard -

aes-discovery UDP AES Discovery Port Ken Richard -

Linux: is anything listening on TCP 3224?

sudo ss -tlnp 'sport = :3224'

Linux: UDP 3224

sudo ss -ulnp 'sport = :3224'

Linux / macOS: which process owns the port

sudo lsof -nP -i :3224

Older Linux / BSD (net-tools)

sudo netstat -tlnp | grep ':3224 '

Windows (Command Prompt)

netstat -ano | findstr :3224

Windows (PowerShell)

Get-NetTCPConnection -LocalPort 3224 -State Listen | Select LocalAddress,OwningProcess

From another machine

nc -vz -w 5 HOST 3224

From Windows

Test-NetConnection HOST -Port 3224

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

nc -vzu -w 5 HOST 3224

ufw

sudo ufw deny 3224/tcp

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 3224 -j DROP

nftables

sudo nft add rule inet filter input tcp dport 3224 drop

Windows Firewall

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block TCP 3224' -Direction Inbound -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 3224 -Action Block

ufw

sudo ufw deny 3224/udp

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p udp --dport 3224 -j DROP

nftables

sudo nft add rule inet filter input udp dport 3224 drop

Windows Firewall

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block UDP 3224' -Direction Inbound -Protocol UDP -LocalPort 3224 -Action Block

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