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Port 6445 (sge-execd, sge_execd)

IANA assigns port 6445 to sge-execd, sge_execd: Grid Engine Execution Service IANA assigned this well-formed service name as a replacement for "sge_execd"..

Registered (user) port, 1024-49151 TCPUDP

IANA assignment

Service nameProtoDescriptionAssigneeReference
sge-execd TCP Grid Engine Execution Service IANA assigned this well-formed service name as a replacement for "sge_execd". Andreas Haas -
sge_execd TCP Grid Engine Execution Service
This entry is an alias to "sge-execd". This entry is now historic, not usable for use with many common service discovery mechanisms.
Andreas Haas -
sge-execd UDP Grid Engine Execution Service IANA assigned this well-formed service name as a replacement for "sge_execd". Andreas Haas -
sge_execd UDP Grid Engine Execution Service
This entry is an alias to "sge-execd". 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 6445

Linux: is anything listening on TCP 6445?
sudo ss -tlnp 'sport = :6445'
Linux: UDP 6445
sudo ss -ulnp 'sport = :6445'
Linux / macOS: which process owns the port
sudo lsof -nP -i :6445
Older Linux / BSD (net-tools)
sudo netstat -tlnp | grep ':6445 '
Windows (Command Prompt)
netstat -ano | findstr :6445
Windows (PowerShell)
Get-NetTCPConnection -LocalPort 6445 -State Listen | Select LocalAddress,OwningProcess

Test it from outside

From another machine
nc -vz -w 5 HOST 6445
From Windows
Test-NetConnection HOST -Port 6445
UDP probe (no reply does not prove it is closed)
nc -vzu -w 5 HOST 6445

Block port 6445 in the firewall

ufw
sudo ufw deny 6445/tcp
iptables
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 6445 -j DROP
nftables
sudo nft add rule inet filter input tcp dport 6445 drop
Windows Firewall
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block TCP 6445' -Direction Inbound -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 6445 -Action Block
ufw
sudo ufw deny 6445/udp
iptables
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p udp --dport 6445 -j DROP
nftables
sudo nft add rule inet filter input udp dport 6445 drop
Windows Firewall
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block UDP 6445' -Direction Inbound -Protocol UDP -LocalPort 6445 -Action Block

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