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Port 7272 (watchme-7272)

IANA assigns port 7272 to watchme-7272: WatchMe Monitoring 7272.

Registered (user) port, 1024-49151 TCPUDP

IANA assignment

Service nameProtoDescriptionAssigneeReference
watchme-7272 TCP WatchMe Monitoring 7272 Oliver Heinz -
watchme-7272 UDP WatchMe Monitoring 7272 Oliver Heinz -

Registry dates for this port: registered 2005-08.

Check what is listening on port 7272

Linux: is anything listening on TCP 7272?
sudo ss -tlnp 'sport = :7272'
Linux: UDP 7272
sudo ss -ulnp 'sport = :7272'
Linux / macOS: which process owns the port
sudo lsof -nP -i :7272
Older Linux / BSD (net-tools)
sudo netstat -tlnp | grep ':7272 '
Windows (Command Prompt)
netstat -ano | findstr :7272
Windows (PowerShell)
Get-NetTCPConnection -LocalPort 7272 -State Listen | Select LocalAddress,OwningProcess

Test it from outside

From another machine
nc -vz -w 5 HOST 7272
From Windows
Test-NetConnection HOST -Port 7272
UDP probe (no reply does not prove it is closed)
nc -vzu -w 5 HOST 7272

Block port 7272 in the firewall

ufw
sudo ufw deny 7272/tcp
iptables
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 7272 -j DROP
nftables
sudo nft add rule inet filter input tcp dport 7272 drop
Windows Firewall
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block TCP 7272' -Direction Inbound -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 7272 -Action Block
ufw
sudo ufw deny 7272/udp
iptables
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p udp --dport 7272 -j DROP
nftables
sudo nft add rule inet filter input udp dport 7272 drop
Windows Firewall
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block UDP 7272' -Direction Inbound -Protocol UDP -LocalPort 7272 -Action Block

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