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Port 5269 (XMPP server-to-server)

Federation between XMPP servers.

Registered (user) port, 1024-49151 TCP Voice, video and chat Meant to face the internet

What port 5269 is used for

Federation between XMPP servers.

Security: should port 5269 be open?

Meant to face the internet. Needed only if you federate; enforce TLS with certificate validation.

IANA assignment

Service nameProtoDescriptionAssigneeReference
xmpp-server TCP XMPP Server Connection - RFC 6120

Check what is listening on port 5269

Linux: is anything listening on TCP 5269?
sudo ss -tlnp 'sport = :5269'
Linux / macOS: which process owns the port
sudo lsof -nP -i :5269
Older Linux / BSD (net-tools)
sudo netstat -tlnp | grep ':5269 '
Windows (Command Prompt)
netstat -ano | findstr :5269
Windows (PowerShell)
Get-NetTCPConnection -LocalPort 5269 -State Listen | Select LocalAddress,OwningProcess

Test it from outside

From another machine
nc -vz -w 5 HOST 5269
From Windows
Test-NetConnection HOST -Port 5269

Open port 5269 in the firewall

ufw
sudo ufw allow 5269/tcp
iptables
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 5269 -j ACCEPT
nftables
sudo nft add rule inet filter input tcp dport 5269 accept
Windows Firewall
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Allow TCP 5269' -Direction Inbound -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 5269 -Action Allow

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