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Port 6900 (rtimeviewer)

IANA assigns port 6900 to rtimeviewer: R*TIME Viewer Data Interface.

Registered (user) port, 1024-49151 TCP

IANA assignment

Service nameProtoDescriptionAssigneeReference
rtimeviewer TCP R*TIME Viewer Data Interface Curtiss-Wright Corporation -

Registry dates for this port: registered 2016-12-14.

Check what is listening on port 6900

Linux: is anything listening on TCP 6900?
sudo ss -tlnp 'sport = :6900'
Linux / macOS: which process owns the port
sudo lsof -nP -i :6900
Older Linux / BSD (net-tools)
sudo netstat -tlnp | grep ':6900 '
Windows (Command Prompt)
netstat -ano | findstr :6900
Windows (PowerShell)
Get-NetTCPConnection -LocalPort 6900 -State Listen | Select LocalAddress,OwningProcess

Test it from outside

From another machine
nc -vz -w 5 HOST 6900
From Windows
Test-NetConnection HOST -Port 6900

Block port 6900 in the firewall

ufw
sudo ufw deny 6900/tcp
iptables
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 6900 -j DROP
nftables
sudo nft add rule inet filter input tcp dport 6900 drop
Windows Firewall
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block TCP 6900' -Direction Inbound -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 6900 -Action Block

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