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Port 5363 (net-projection)

IANA assigns port 5363 to net-projection: Windows Network Projection.

Registered (user) port, 1024-49151 TCPUDP

IANA assignment

Service nameProtoDescriptionAssigneeReference
net-projection TCP Windows Network Projection Rob Williams -
net-projection UDP Windows Network Projection Rob Williams -

Registry dates for this port: registered 2009-02-17.

Check what is listening on port 5363

Linux: is anything listening on TCP 5363?
sudo ss -tlnp 'sport = :5363'
Linux: UDP 5363
sudo ss -ulnp 'sport = :5363'
Linux / macOS: which process owns the port
sudo lsof -nP -i :5363
Older Linux / BSD (net-tools)
sudo netstat -tlnp | grep ':5363 '
Windows (Command Prompt)
netstat -ano | findstr :5363
Windows (PowerShell)
Get-NetTCPConnection -LocalPort 5363 -State Listen | Select LocalAddress,OwningProcess

Test it from outside

From another machine
nc -vz -w 5 HOST 5363
From Windows
Test-NetConnection HOST -Port 5363
UDP probe (no reply does not prove it is closed)
nc -vzu -w 5 HOST 5363

Block port 5363 in the firewall

ufw
sudo ufw deny 5363/tcp
iptables
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 5363 -j DROP
nftables
sudo nft add rule inet filter input tcp dport 5363 drop
Windows Firewall
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block TCP 5363' -Direction Inbound -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 5363 -Action Block
ufw
sudo ufw deny 5363/udp
iptables
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p udp --dport 5363 -j DROP
nftables
sudo nft add rule inet filter input udp dport 5363 drop
Windows Firewall
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block UDP 5363' -Direction Inbound -Protocol UDP -LocalPort 5363 -Action Block

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