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Port 78 (vettcp)

IANA assigns port 78 to vettcp.

Well-known (system) port, 0-1023 TCPUDP

IANA assignment

Service nameProtoDescriptionAssigneeReference
vettcp TCP vettcp Christopher Leong -
vettcp UDP vettcp Christopher Leong -

Check what is listening on port 78

Linux: is anything listening on TCP 78?
sudo ss -tlnp 'sport = :78'
Linux: UDP 78
sudo ss -ulnp 'sport = :78'
Linux / macOS: which process owns the port
sudo lsof -nP -i :78
Older Linux / BSD (net-tools)
sudo netstat -tlnp | grep ':78 '
Windows (Command Prompt)
netstat -ano | findstr :78
Windows (PowerShell)
Get-NetTCPConnection -LocalPort 78 -State Listen | Select LocalAddress,OwningProcess

Test it from outside

From another machine
nc -vz -w 5 HOST 78
From Windows
Test-NetConnection HOST -Port 78
UDP probe (no reply does not prove it is closed)
nc -vzu -w 5 HOST 78

Block port 78 in the firewall

ufw
sudo ufw deny 78/tcp
iptables
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 78 -j DROP
nftables
sudo nft add rule inet filter input tcp dport 78 drop
Windows Firewall
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block TCP 78' -Direction Inbound -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 78 -Action Block
ufw
sudo ufw deny 78/udp
iptables
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p udp --dport 78 -j DROP
nftables
sudo nft add rule inet filter input udp dport 78 drop
Windows Firewall
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block UDP 78' -Direction Inbound -Protocol UDP -LocalPort 78 -Action Block

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