Port 5161 (snmpssh)

IANA assigns port 5161 to snmpssh: SNMP over SSH Transport Model.

Registered (user) port, 1024-49151 TCP

IANA assignment

Service nameProtoDescriptionAssigneeReference

snmpssh TCP SNMP over SSH Transport Model - RFC 5592

Linux: is anything listening on TCP 5161?

sudo ss -tlnp 'sport = :5161'

Linux / macOS: which process owns the port

sudo lsof -nP -i :5161

Older Linux / BSD (net-tools)

sudo netstat -tlnp | grep ':5161 '

Windows (Command Prompt)

netstat -ano | findstr :5161

Windows (PowerShell)

Get-NetTCPConnection -LocalPort 5161 -State Listen | Select LocalAddress,OwningProcess

From another machine

nc -vz -w 5 HOST 5161

From Windows

Test-NetConnection HOST -Port 5161

ufw

sudo ufw deny 5161/tcp

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 5161 -j DROP

nftables

sudo nft add rule inet filter input tcp dport 5161 drop

Windows Firewall

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block TCP 5161' -Direction Inbound -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 5161 -Action Block

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