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Port 8292 (blp3)

IANA assigns port 8292 to blp3: Bloomberg professional.

Registered (user) port, 1024-49151 TCPUDP

IANA assignment

Service nameProtoDescriptionAssigneeReference
blp3 TCP Bloomberg professional Albert Hou -
blp3 UDP Bloomberg professional Albert Hou -

Registry dates for this port: registered 2006-05.

Check what is listening on port 8292

Linux: is anything listening on TCP 8292?
sudo ss -tlnp 'sport = :8292'
Linux: UDP 8292
sudo ss -ulnp 'sport = :8292'
Linux / macOS: which process owns the port
sudo lsof -nP -i :8292
Older Linux / BSD (net-tools)
sudo netstat -tlnp | grep ':8292 '
Windows (Command Prompt)
netstat -ano | findstr :8292
Windows (PowerShell)
Get-NetTCPConnection -LocalPort 8292 -State Listen | Select LocalAddress,OwningProcess

Test it from outside

From another machine
nc -vz -w 5 HOST 8292
From Windows
Test-NetConnection HOST -Port 8292
UDP probe (no reply does not prove it is closed)
nc -vzu -w 5 HOST 8292

Block port 8292 in the firewall

ufw
sudo ufw deny 8292/tcp
iptables
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 8292 -j DROP
nftables
sudo nft add rule inet filter input tcp dport 8292 drop
Windows Firewall
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block TCP 8292' -Direction Inbound -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 8292 -Action Block
ufw
sudo ufw deny 8292/udp
iptables
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p udp --dport 8292 -j DROP
nftables
sudo nft add rule inet filter input udp dport 8292 drop
Windows Firewall
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block UDP 8292' -Direction Inbound -Protocol UDP -LocalPort 8292 -Action Block

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