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Port 521 (ripng)

IANA assigns port 521 to ripng.

Well-known (system) port, 0-1023 TCPUDP

IANA assignment

Service nameProtoDescriptionAssigneeReference
ripng TCP ripng Robert E Minnear -
ripng UDP ripng Robert E Minnear -

Check what is listening on port 521

Linux: is anything listening on TCP 521?
sudo ss -tlnp 'sport = :521'
Linux: UDP 521
sudo ss -ulnp 'sport = :521'
Linux / macOS: which process owns the port
sudo lsof -nP -i :521
Older Linux / BSD (net-tools)
sudo netstat -tlnp | grep ':521 '
Windows (Command Prompt)
netstat -ano | findstr :521
Windows (PowerShell)
Get-NetTCPConnection -LocalPort 521 -State Listen | Select LocalAddress,OwningProcess

Test it from outside

From another machine
nc -vz -w 5 HOST 521
From Windows
Test-NetConnection HOST -Port 521
UDP probe (no reply does not prove it is closed)
nc -vzu -w 5 HOST 521

Block port 521 in the firewall

ufw
sudo ufw deny 521/tcp
iptables
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 521 -j DROP
nftables
sudo nft add rule inet filter input tcp dport 521 drop
Windows Firewall
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block TCP 521' -Direction Inbound -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 521 -Action Block
ufw
sudo ufw deny 521/udp
iptables
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p udp --dport 521 -j DROP
nftables
sudo nft add rule inet filter input udp dport 521 drop
Windows Firewall
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block UDP 521' -Direction Inbound -Protocol UDP -LocalPort 521 -Action Block

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