Port 8711 (nvc)

IANA assigns port 8711 to nvc: Nuance Voice Control.

Registered (user) port, 1024-49151 TCP

IANA assignment

Service nameProtoDescriptionAssigneeReference

nvc TCP Nuance Voice Control Nuance Communications Inc2 -

Registry dates for this port: registered 2012-10-05.

Linux: is anything listening on TCP 8711?

sudo ss -tlnp 'sport = :8711'

Linux / macOS: which process owns the port

sudo lsof -nP -i :8711

Older Linux / BSD (net-tools)

sudo netstat -tlnp | grep ':8711 '

Windows (Command Prompt)

netstat -ano | findstr :8711

Windows (PowerShell)

Get-NetTCPConnection -LocalPort 8711 -State Listen | Select LocalAddress,OwningProcess

From another machine

nc -vz -w 5 HOST 8711

From Windows

Test-NetConnection HOST -Port 8711

ufw

sudo ufw deny 8711/tcp

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 8711 -j DROP

nftables

sudo nft add rule inet filter input tcp dport 8711 drop

Windows Firewall

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block TCP 8711' -Direction Inbound -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 8711 -Action Block

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