Port 7878 (owms)

IANA assigns port 7878 to owms: Opswise Message Service.

Registered (user) port, 1024-49151 TCP

IANA assignment

Service nameProtoDescriptionAssigneeReference

owms TCP Opswise Message Service Stonebranch Inc -

Registry dates for this port: registered 2013-06-25.

Linux: is anything listening on TCP 7878?

sudo ss -tlnp 'sport = :7878'

Linux / macOS: which process owns the port

sudo lsof -nP -i :7878

Older Linux / BSD (net-tools)

sudo netstat -tlnp | grep ':7878 '

Windows (Command Prompt)

netstat -ano | findstr :7878

Windows (PowerShell)

Get-NetTCPConnection -LocalPort 7878 -State Listen | Select LocalAddress,OwningProcess

From another machine

nc -vz -w 5 HOST 7878

From Windows

Test-NetConnection HOST -Port 7878

ufw

sudo ufw deny 7878/tcp

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 7878 -j DROP

nftables

sudo nft add rule inet filter input tcp dport 7878 drop

Windows Firewall

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block TCP 7878' -Direction Inbound -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 7878 -Action Block

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