Port 6601 (mstmg-sstp)

IANA assigns port 6601 to mstmg-sstp: Microsoft Threat Management Gateway SSTP.

Registered (user) port, 1024-49151 TCP

IANA assignment

Service nameProtoDescriptionAssigneeReference

mstmg-sstp TCP Microsoft Threat Management Gateway SSTP Ori Yosefi -

Registry dates for this port: registered 2009-05-04.

Linux: is anything listening on TCP 6601?

sudo ss -tlnp 'sport = :6601'

Linux / macOS: which process owns the port

sudo lsof -nP -i :6601

Older Linux / BSD (net-tools)

sudo netstat -tlnp | grep ':6601 '

Windows (Command Prompt)

netstat -ano | findstr :6601

Windows (PowerShell)

Get-NetTCPConnection -LocalPort 6601 -State Listen | Select LocalAddress,OwningProcess

From another machine

nc -vz -w 5 HOST 6601

From Windows

Test-NetConnection HOST -Port 6601

ufw

sudo ufw deny 6601/tcp

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 6601 -j DROP

nftables

sudo nft add rule inet filter input tcp dport 6601 drop

Windows Firewall

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block TCP 6601' -Direction Inbound -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 6601 -Action Block

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