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Port 3974 (xk22)

IANA assigns port 3974 to xk22: Remote Applicant Tracking Service.

Registered (user) port, 1024-49151 TCPUDP

IANA assignment

Service nameProtoDescriptionAssigneeReference
xk22 TCP Remote Applicant Tracking Service Marc Castelluccio -
xk22 UDP Remote Applicant Tracking Service Marc Castelluccio -

Registry dates for this port: registered 2005-08, last modified 2022-09-09.

Check what is listening on port 3974

Linux: is anything listening on TCP 3974?
sudo ss -tlnp 'sport = :3974'
Linux: UDP 3974
sudo ss -ulnp 'sport = :3974'
Linux / macOS: which process owns the port
sudo lsof -nP -i :3974
Older Linux / BSD (net-tools)
sudo netstat -tlnp | grep ':3974 '
Windows (Command Prompt)
netstat -ano | findstr :3974
Windows (PowerShell)
Get-NetTCPConnection -LocalPort 3974 -State Listen | Select LocalAddress,OwningProcess

Test it from outside

From another machine
nc -vz -w 5 HOST 3974
From Windows
Test-NetConnection HOST -Port 3974
UDP probe (no reply does not prove it is closed)
nc -vzu -w 5 HOST 3974

Block port 3974 in the firewall

ufw
sudo ufw deny 3974/tcp
iptables
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 3974 -j DROP
nftables
sudo nft add rule inet filter input tcp dport 3974 drop
Windows Firewall
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block TCP 3974' -Direction Inbound -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 3974 -Action Block
ufw
sudo ufw deny 3974/udp
iptables
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p udp --dport 3974 -j DROP
nftables
sudo nft add rule inet filter input udp dport 3974 drop
Windows Firewall
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block UDP 3974' -Direction Inbound -Protocol UDP -LocalPort 3974 -Action Block

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