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Port 5360 (ms-sideshow)

IANA assigns port 5360 to ms-sideshow: Protocol for Windows SideShow.

Registered (user) port, 1024-49151 TCPUDP

IANA assignment

Service nameProtoDescriptionAssigneeReference
ms-sideshow TCP Protocol for Windows SideShow Dan Polivy -
ms-sideshow UDP Protocol for Windows SideShow Dan Polivy -

Registry dates for this port: registered 2008-03-12.

Check what is listening on port 5360

Linux: is anything listening on TCP 5360?
sudo ss -tlnp 'sport = :5360'
Linux: UDP 5360
sudo ss -ulnp 'sport = :5360'
Linux / macOS: which process owns the port
sudo lsof -nP -i :5360
Older Linux / BSD (net-tools)
sudo netstat -tlnp | grep ':5360 '
Windows (Command Prompt)
netstat -ano | findstr :5360
Windows (PowerShell)
Get-NetTCPConnection -LocalPort 5360 -State Listen | Select LocalAddress,OwningProcess

Test it from outside

From another machine
nc -vz -w 5 HOST 5360
From Windows
Test-NetConnection HOST -Port 5360
UDP probe (no reply does not prove it is closed)
nc -vzu -w 5 HOST 5360

Block port 5360 in the firewall

ufw
sudo ufw deny 5360/tcp
iptables
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 5360 -j DROP
nftables
sudo nft add rule inet filter input tcp dport 5360 drop
Windows Firewall
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block TCP 5360' -Direction Inbound -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 5360 -Action Block
ufw
sudo ufw deny 5360/udp
iptables
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p udp --dport 5360 -j DROP
nftables
sudo nft add rule inet filter input udp dport 5360 drop
Windows Firewall
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block UDP 5360' -Direction Inbound -Protocol UDP -LocalPort 5360 -Action Block

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