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Port 4088 (npsp)

IANA assigns port 4088 to npsp: Noah Printing Service Protocol.

Registered (user) port, 1024-49151 TCP

IANA assignment

Service nameProtoDescriptionAssigneeReference
npsp TCP Noah Printing Service Protocol Hiromi Ohara -

Registry dates for this port: registered 2008-06-18.

Check what is listening on port 4088

Linux: is anything listening on TCP 4088?
sudo ss -tlnp 'sport = :4088'
Linux / macOS: which process owns the port
sudo lsof -nP -i :4088
Older Linux / BSD (net-tools)
sudo netstat -tlnp | grep ':4088 '
Windows (Command Prompt)
netstat -ano | findstr :4088
Windows (PowerShell)
Get-NetTCPConnection -LocalPort 4088 -State Listen | Select LocalAddress,OwningProcess

Test it from outside

From another machine
nc -vz -w 5 HOST 4088
From Windows
Test-NetConnection HOST -Port 4088

Block port 4088 in the firewall

ufw
sudo ufw deny 4088/tcp
iptables
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 4088 -j DROP
nftables
sudo nft add rule inet filter input tcp dport 4088 drop
Windows Firewall
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block TCP 4088' -Direction Inbound -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 4088 -Action Block

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