Port 8470 (cisco-avp)

IANA assigns port 8470 to cisco-avp: Cisco Address Validation Protocol.

Registered (user) port, 1024-49151 TCP

IANA assignment

Service nameProtoDescriptionAssigneeReference

cisco-avp TCP Cisco Address Validation Protocol Cullen Jennings -

Registry dates for this port: registered 2009-02-13.

Linux: is anything listening on TCP 8470?

sudo ss -tlnp 'sport = :8470'

Linux / macOS: which process owns the port

sudo lsof -nP -i :8470

Older Linux / BSD (net-tools)

sudo netstat -tlnp | grep ':8470 '

Windows (Command Prompt)

netstat -ano | findstr :8470

Windows (PowerShell)

Get-NetTCPConnection -LocalPort 8470 -State Listen | Select LocalAddress,OwningProcess

From another machine

nc -vz -w 5 HOST 8470

From Windows

Test-NetConnection HOST -Port 8470

ufw

sudo ufw deny 8470/tcp

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 8470 -j DROP

nftables

sudo nft add rule inet filter input tcp dport 8470 drop

Windows Firewall

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block TCP 8470' -Direction Inbound -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 8470 -Action Block

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