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Port 6444 (sge-qmaster, sge_qmaster)

IANA assigns port 6444 to sge-qmaster, sge_qmaster: Grid Engine Qmaster Service IANA assigned this well-formed service name as a replacement for "sge_qmaster"..

Registered (user) port, 1024-49151 TCPUDP

IANA assignment

Service nameProtoDescriptionAssigneeReference
sge-qmaster TCP Grid Engine Qmaster Service IANA assigned this well-formed service name as a replacement for "sge_qmaster". Andreas Haas -
sge_qmaster TCP Grid Engine Qmaster Service
This entry is an alias to "sge-qmaster". This entry is now historic, not usable for use with many common service discovery mechanisms.
Andreas Haas -
sge-qmaster UDP Grid Engine Qmaster Service IANA assigned this well-formed service name as a replacement for "sge_qmaster". Andreas Haas -
sge_qmaster UDP Grid Engine Qmaster Service
This entry is an alias to "sge-qmaster". This entry is now historic, not usable for use with many common service discovery mechanisms.
Andreas Haas -

Registry dates for this port: registered 2006-08.

Check what is listening on port 6444

Linux: is anything listening on TCP 6444?
sudo ss -tlnp 'sport = :6444'
Linux: UDP 6444
sudo ss -ulnp 'sport = :6444'
Linux / macOS: which process owns the port
sudo lsof -nP -i :6444
Older Linux / BSD (net-tools)
sudo netstat -tlnp | grep ':6444 '
Windows (Command Prompt)
netstat -ano | findstr :6444
Windows (PowerShell)
Get-NetTCPConnection -LocalPort 6444 -State Listen | Select LocalAddress,OwningProcess

Test it from outside

From another machine
nc -vz -w 5 HOST 6444
From Windows
Test-NetConnection HOST -Port 6444
UDP probe (no reply does not prove it is closed)
nc -vzu -w 5 HOST 6444

Block port 6444 in the firewall

ufw
sudo ufw deny 6444/tcp
iptables
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 6444 -j DROP
nftables
sudo nft add rule inet filter input tcp dport 6444 drop
Windows Firewall
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block TCP 6444' -Direction Inbound -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 6444 -Action Block
ufw
sudo ufw deny 6444/udp
iptables
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p udp --dport 6444 -j DROP
nftables
sudo nft add rule inet filter input udp dport 6444 drop
Windows Firewall
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block UDP 6444' -Direction Inbound -Protocol UDP -LocalPort 6444 -Action Block

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