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Port 3876 (dl-agent, dl_agent)

IANA assigns port 3876 to dl-agent, dl_agent: DirectoryLockdown Agent IANA assigned this well-formed service name as a replacement for "dl_agent"..

Registered (user) port, 1024-49151 TCPUDP

IANA assignment

Service nameProtoDescriptionAssigneeReference
dl-agent TCP DirectoryLockdown Agent IANA assigned this well-formed service name as a replacement for "dl_agent". Jason Lockett, Melanie Kacerek -
dl_agent TCP DirectoryLockdown Agent
This entry is an alias to "dl-agent". This entry is now historic, not usable for use with many common service discovery mechanisms.
Jason Lockett, Melanie Kacerek -
dl-agent UDP DirectoryLockdown Agent IANA assigned this well-formed service name as a replacement for "dl_agent". Jason Lockett, Melanie Kacerek -
dl_agent UDP DirectoryLockdown Agent
This entry is an alias to "dl-agent". This entry is now historic, not usable for use with many common service discovery mechanisms.
Jason Lockett, Melanie Kacerek -

Registry dates for this port: registered 2008-12-16.

Check what is listening on port 3876

Linux: is anything listening on TCP 3876?
sudo ss -tlnp 'sport = :3876'
Linux: UDP 3876
sudo ss -ulnp 'sport = :3876'
Linux / macOS: which process owns the port
sudo lsof -nP -i :3876
Older Linux / BSD (net-tools)
sudo netstat -tlnp | grep ':3876 '
Windows (Command Prompt)
netstat -ano | findstr :3876
Windows (PowerShell)
Get-NetTCPConnection -LocalPort 3876 -State Listen | Select LocalAddress,OwningProcess

Test it from outside

From another machine
nc -vz -w 5 HOST 3876
From Windows
Test-NetConnection HOST -Port 3876
UDP probe (no reply does not prove it is closed)
nc -vzu -w 5 HOST 3876

Block port 3876 in the firewall

ufw
sudo ufw deny 3876/tcp
iptables
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 3876 -j DROP
nftables
sudo nft add rule inet filter input tcp dport 3876 drop
Windows Firewall
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block TCP 3876' -Direction Inbound -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 3876 -Action Block
ufw
sudo ufw deny 3876/udp
iptables
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p udp --dport 3876 -j DROP
nftables
sudo nft add rule inet filter input udp dport 3876 drop
Windows Firewall
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block UDP 3876' -Direction Inbound -Protocol UDP -LocalPort 3876 -Action Block

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