Port 8474 (noteshare)

IANA assigns port 8474 to noteshare: AquaMinds NoteShare.

Registered (user) port, 1024-49151 TCPUDP

IANA assignment

Service nameProtoDescriptionAssigneeReference

noteshare TCP AquaMinds NoteShare Michael McNabb -

noteshare UDP AquaMinds NoteShare Michael McNabb -

Registry dates for this port: registered 2005-10.

Linux: is anything listening on TCP 8474?

sudo ss -tlnp 'sport = :8474'

Linux: UDP 8474

sudo ss -ulnp 'sport = :8474'

Linux / macOS: which process owns the port

sudo lsof -nP -i :8474

Older Linux / BSD (net-tools)

sudo netstat -tlnp | grep ':8474 '

Windows (Command Prompt)

netstat -ano | findstr :8474

Windows (PowerShell)

Get-NetTCPConnection -LocalPort 8474 -State Listen | Select LocalAddress,OwningProcess

From another machine

nc -vz -w 5 HOST 8474

From Windows

Test-NetConnection HOST -Port 8474

UDP probe (no reply does not prove it is closed)

nc -vzu -w 5 HOST 8474

ufw

sudo ufw deny 8474/tcp

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 8474 -j DROP

nftables

sudo nft add rule inet filter input tcp dport 8474 drop

Windows Firewall

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block TCP 8474' -Direction Inbound -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 8474 -Action Block

ufw

sudo ufw deny 8474/udp

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p udp --dport 8474 -j DROP

nftables

sudo nft add rule inet filter input udp dport 8474 drop

Windows Firewall

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block UDP 8474' -Direction Inbound -Protocol UDP -LocalPort 8474 -Action Block

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