Port 6440 (heliosd)

IANA assigns port 6440 to heliosd: heliosd daemon.

Registered (user) port, 1024-49151 TCP

IANA assignment

Service nameProtoDescriptionAssigneeReference

heliosd TCP heliosd daemon Cartesian Theatre -

Registry dates for this port: registered 2020-02-28.

Linux: is anything listening on TCP 6440?

sudo ss -tlnp 'sport = :6440'

Linux / macOS: which process owns the port

sudo lsof -nP -i :6440

Older Linux / BSD (net-tools)

sudo netstat -tlnp | grep ':6440 '

Windows (Command Prompt)

netstat -ano | findstr :6440

Windows (PowerShell)

Get-NetTCPConnection -LocalPort 6440 -State Listen | Select LocalAddress,OwningProcess

From another machine

nc -vz -w 5 HOST 6440

From Windows

Test-NetConnection HOST -Port 6440

ufw

sudo ufw deny 6440/tcp

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 6440 -j DROP

nftables

sudo nft add rule inet filter input tcp dport 6440 drop

Windows Firewall

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block TCP 6440' -Direction Inbound -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 6440 -Action Block

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