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Port 5718 (dpm)

IANA assigns port 5718 to dpm: DPM Communication Server.

Registered (user) port, 1024-49151 TCPUDP

IANA assignment

Service nameProtoDescriptionAssigneeReference
dpm TCP DPM Communication Server Sundar Srinivasan, Vinay Badami -
dpm UDP DPM Communication Server Sundar Srinivasan, Vinay Badami -

Check what is listening on port 5718

Linux: is anything listening on TCP 5718?
sudo ss -tlnp 'sport = :5718'
Linux: UDP 5718
sudo ss -ulnp 'sport = :5718'
Linux / macOS: which process owns the port
sudo lsof -nP -i :5718
Older Linux / BSD (net-tools)
sudo netstat -tlnp | grep ':5718 '
Windows (Command Prompt)
netstat -ano | findstr :5718
Windows (PowerShell)
Get-NetTCPConnection -LocalPort 5718 -State Listen | Select LocalAddress,OwningProcess

Test it from outside

From another machine
nc -vz -w 5 HOST 5718
From Windows
Test-NetConnection HOST -Port 5718
UDP probe (no reply does not prove it is closed)
nc -vzu -w 5 HOST 5718

Block port 5718 in the firewall

ufw
sudo ufw deny 5718/tcp
iptables
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 5718 -j DROP
nftables
sudo nft add rule inet filter input tcp dport 5718 drop
Windows Firewall
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block TCP 5718' -Direction Inbound -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 5718 -Action Block
ufw
sudo ufw deny 5718/udp
iptables
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p udp --dport 5718 -j DROP
nftables
sudo nft add rule inet filter input udp dport 5718 drop
Windows Firewall
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block UDP 5718' -Direction Inbound -Protocol UDP -LocalPort 5718 -Action Block

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