Port 8908 (dpp)

IANA assigns port 8908 to dpp: WFA Device Provisioning Protocol.

Registered (user) port, 1024-49151 TCP

IANA assignment

Service nameProtoDescriptionAssigneeReference

dpp TCP WFA Device Provisioning Protocol Wi-Fi Alliance 4 -

Registry dates for this port: registered 2020-10-19.

Linux: is anything listening on TCP 8908?

sudo ss -tlnp 'sport = :8908'

Linux / macOS: which process owns the port

sudo lsof -nP -i :8908

Older Linux / BSD (net-tools)

sudo netstat -tlnp | grep ':8908 '

Windows (Command Prompt)

netstat -ano | findstr :8908

Windows (PowerShell)

Get-NetTCPConnection -LocalPort 8908 -State Listen | Select LocalAddress,OwningProcess

From another machine

nc -vz -w 5 HOST 8908

From Windows

Test-NetConnection HOST -Port 8908

ufw

sudo ufw deny 8908/tcp

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 8908 -j DROP

nftables

sudo nft add rule inet filter input tcp dport 8908 drop

Windows Firewall

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block TCP 8908' -Direction Inbound -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 8908 -Action Block

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