Port 5231 (crusecontrol)

IANA assigns port 5231 to crusecontrol: Remote Control of Scan Software for Cruse Scanners.

Registered (user) port, 1024-49151 TCP

IANA assignment

Service nameProtoDescriptionAssigneeReference

crusecontrol TCP Remote Control of Scan Software for Cruse Scanners Cruse Spezialmaschinen GmbH -

Registry dates for this port: registered 2014-08-15.

Linux: is anything listening on TCP 5231?

sudo ss -tlnp 'sport = :5231'

Linux / macOS: which process owns the port

sudo lsof -nP -i :5231

Older Linux / BSD (net-tools)

sudo netstat -tlnp | grep ':5231 '

Windows (Command Prompt)

netstat -ano | findstr :5231

Windows (PowerShell)

Get-NetTCPConnection -LocalPort 5231 -State Listen | Select LocalAddress,OwningProcess

From another machine

nc -vz -w 5 HOST 5231

From Windows

Test-NetConnection HOST -Port 5231

ufw

sudo ufw deny 5231/tcp

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 5231 -j DROP

nftables

sudo nft add rule inet filter input tcp dport 5231 drop

Windows Firewall

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block TCP 5231' -Direction Inbound -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 5231 -Action Block

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