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Port 7982 (sossd-agent, sossd-disc)

IANA assigns port 7982 to sossd-agent, sossd-disc: Spotlight on SQL Server Desktop Agent.

Registered (user) port, 1024-49151 TCPUDP

IANA assignment

Service nameProtoDescriptionAssigneeReference
sossd-agent TCP Spotlight on SQL Server Desktop Agent Rob Griffin 2 -
sossd-disc UDP Spotlight on SQL Server Desktop Agent Discovery Rob Griffin 2 -

Registry dates for this port: registered 2010-09-13.

Check what is listening on port 7982

Linux: is anything listening on TCP 7982?
sudo ss -tlnp 'sport = :7982'
Linux: UDP 7982
sudo ss -ulnp 'sport = :7982'
Linux / macOS: which process owns the port
sudo lsof -nP -i :7982
Older Linux / BSD (net-tools)
sudo netstat -tlnp | grep ':7982 '
Windows (Command Prompt)
netstat -ano | findstr :7982
Windows (PowerShell)
Get-NetTCPConnection -LocalPort 7982 -State Listen | Select LocalAddress,OwningProcess

Test it from outside

From another machine
nc -vz -w 5 HOST 7982
From Windows
Test-NetConnection HOST -Port 7982
UDP probe (no reply does not prove it is closed)
nc -vzu -w 5 HOST 7982

Block port 7982 in the firewall

ufw
sudo ufw deny 7982/tcp
iptables
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 7982 -j DROP
nftables
sudo nft add rule inet filter input tcp dport 7982 drop
Windows Firewall
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block TCP 7982' -Direction Inbound -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 7982 -Action Block
ufw
sudo ufw deny 7982/udp
iptables
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p udp --dport 7982 -j DROP
nftables
sudo nft add rule inet filter input udp dport 7982 drop
Windows Firewall
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block UDP 7982' -Direction Inbound -Protocol UDP -LocalPort 7982 -Action Block

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