Port 8699 (vnyx)

IANA assigns port 8699 to vnyx: VNYX Primary Port.

Registered (user) port, 1024-49151 TCP

IANA assignment

Service nameProtoDescriptionAssigneeReference

vnyx TCP VNYX Primary Port Gregg Green -

Registry dates for this port: registered 2004-11.

Linux: is anything listening on TCP 8699?

sudo ss -tlnp 'sport = :8699'

Linux / macOS: which process owns the port

sudo lsof -nP -i :8699

Older Linux / BSD (net-tools)

sudo netstat -tlnp | grep ':8699 '

Windows (Command Prompt)

netstat -ano | findstr :8699

Windows (PowerShell)

Get-NetTCPConnection -LocalPort 8699 -State Listen | Select LocalAddress,OwningProcess

From another machine

nc -vz -w 5 HOST 8699

From Windows

Test-NetConnection HOST -Port 8699

ufw

sudo ufw deny 8699/tcp

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 8699 -j DROP

nftables

sudo nft add rule inet filter input tcp dport 8699 drop

Windows Firewall

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block TCP 8699' -Direction Inbound -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 8699 -Action Block

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