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Port 8383 (m2mservices)

IANA assigns port 8383 to m2mservices: M2m Services.

Registered (user) port, 1024-49151 TCPUDP

IANA assignment

Service nameProtoDescriptionAssigneeReference
m2mservices TCP M2m Services Carlos Arteaga 2 -
m2mservices UDP M2m Services Carlos Arteaga 2 -

Registry dates for this port: registered 2004-11.

Check what is listening on port 8383

Linux: is anything listening on TCP 8383?
sudo ss -tlnp 'sport = :8383'
Linux: UDP 8383
sudo ss -ulnp 'sport = :8383'
Linux / macOS: which process owns the port
sudo lsof -nP -i :8383
Older Linux / BSD (net-tools)
sudo netstat -tlnp | grep ':8383 '
Windows (Command Prompt)
netstat -ano | findstr :8383
Windows (PowerShell)
Get-NetTCPConnection -LocalPort 8383 -State Listen | Select LocalAddress,OwningProcess

Test it from outside

From another machine
nc -vz -w 5 HOST 8383
From Windows
Test-NetConnection HOST -Port 8383
UDP probe (no reply does not prove it is closed)
nc -vzu -w 5 HOST 8383

Block port 8383 in the firewall

ufw
sudo ufw deny 8383/tcp
iptables
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 8383 -j DROP
nftables
sudo nft add rule inet filter input tcp dport 8383 drop
Windows Firewall
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block TCP 8383' -Direction Inbound -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 8383 -Action Block
ufw
sudo ufw deny 8383/udp
iptables
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p udp --dport 8383 -j DROP
nftables
sudo nft add rule inet filter input udp dport 8383 drop
Windows Firewall
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block UDP 8383' -Direction Inbound -Protocol UDP -LocalPort 8383 -Action Block

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