Well-known · Cross-platform

119 NNTP

TCP Yes
UDP Assigned
SCTP
DCCP

What it is

Network News Transfer Protocol for Usenet article retrieval.

When / why

Newsgroup servers; largely historical.

Protocol status detail

TransportStatusMeaning
TCP Yes Assigned by IANA and standardized, specified, or widely used on this port.
UDP Assigned Assigned by IANA, but not standardized, specified, or widely used on this port.
SCTP Not applicable for this transport.
DCCP Not applicable for this transport.

Port range

Well-known (0–1023). System port for a core service. On Unix-like systems, binding it requires superuser privileges.

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Firewall rules for port 119

Copy-ready inbound rules for the active transports. Replace every <source> placeholder with the specific host, subnet, or CIDR that should reach this port.

ufw

sudo ufw allow proto tcp from <source> to any port 119

Allow TCP 119 (NNTP). Replace <source> with the network/host that should reach it.

firewalld

sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-rich-rule='rule family="ipv4" source address="<source>" port port="119" protocol="tcp" accept'

Allow TCP 119 (NNTP) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

nftables

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> tcp dport 119 accept

Allow TCP 119 (NNTP). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s <source> --dport 119 -j ACCEPT

Allow TCP 119 (NNTP). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

Azure NSG

az network nsg rule create -g <resource-group> --nsg-name <nsg> -n Allow-nntp-119 --priority 1000 --access Allow --direction Inbound --protocol TCP --source-address-prefixes <source> --destination-port-ranges 119

Inbound rule for 119 (NNTP). Set <source> to a CIDR; lower priority number = higher precedence.

AWS Security Group

aws ec2 authorize-security-group-ingress --group-id <sg-id> --ip-permissions IpProtocol=tcp,FromPort=119,ToPort=119,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound TCP 119 (NNTP). Replace <source-cidr> (e.g. 10.0.0.0/16).

GCP firewall

gcloud compute firewall-rules create allow-nntp-119 --direction=INGRESS --action=ALLOW --rules=tcp:119 --source-ranges=<source-cidr> --network=<network>

Ingress rule for 119 (NNTP). Scope with --source-ranges and optionally --target-tags.

Windows netsh

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow NNTP 119/TCP" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=119 remoteip=<source>

Inbound TCP 119 (NNTP). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

Windows PowerShell

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow NNTP 119/TCP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 119 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound TCP 119 (NNTP). Replace <source> with a host or subnet.

Rules are generated only for transports marked active for this port. They default to an inbound allow with an explicit source placeholder — never any. Review direction, scope, and rule precedence before applying in production.