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Old 09-17-2014, 11:27 AM   #1
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Port Numbers in Linux


I am in need of the port numbers and the services available in Linux. How to disable a particular port if not needed. How to restart the same port when needed?
 
Old 09-17-2014, 11:53 AM   #2
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I am in need of the port numbers and the services available in Linux. How to disable a particular port if not needed. How to restart the same port when needed?
  1. There isn't a list of ports for Linux. There is an IANA list of DEFAULT ports for services you can find in many places on the Internet, but those are just defaults/recommendations. You can configure most services to run on any port you'd like.
  2. You don't disable a port...you disable the SERVICE that is LISTENING on that port.
  3. You don't restart a port...you restart the SERVICE that LISTENS on that port.
For example, you can configure SSH to listen on port 8422 if you'd like..providing nothing ELSE is using that port. To 'disable that port', you would shut down SSH. To 'restart the port', you would START SSH. You can type in "cat /etc/services" and get a general list, but there is NO GUARANTEE that the services mentioned in that file are either running at ALL, or configured to listen on the ports mentioned in that file.
 
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You can find port number in /etc/services, although they may not be right if you have altered them (common practice with ssh, for example, and some services will re-use ports nominally allocated to something else).

You can't really disable a port, but you can block all traffic to it using iptables. To stop the block, you have to undo what you did to block it (remove the rule).

If you are using iptables, you might be better advised to go about it in a different way, depending on the numbers. The alternative approach is to drop everything, with the exception of the things that you know that you want to allow.
 
  


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