Registered · Cross-platform

1214 Kazaa

TCP Yes
UDP
SCTP
DCCP

What it is

Kazaa P2P file sharing.

When / why

Legacy P2P; typically blocked.

Protocol status detail

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

Port range

Registered (1024–49151). Assigned by IANA on request; usable without elevated privileges on most systems.

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Firewall rules for port 1214

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 1214

Allow TCP 1214 (Kazaa). 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="1214" protocol="tcp" accept'

Allow TCP 1214 (Kazaa) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

nftables

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> tcp dport 1214 accept

Allow TCP 1214 (Kazaa). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s <source> --dport 1214 -j ACCEPT

Allow TCP 1214 (Kazaa). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

Azure NSG

az network nsg rule create -g <resource-group> --nsg-name <nsg> -n Allow-kazaa-1214 --priority 1000 --access Allow --direction Inbound --protocol TCP --source-address-prefixes <source> --destination-port-ranges 1214

Inbound rule for 1214 (Kazaa). 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=1214,ToPort=1214,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound TCP 1214 (Kazaa). Replace <source-cidr> (e.g. 10.0.0.0/16).

GCP firewall

gcloud compute firewall-rules create allow-kazaa-1214 --direction=INGRESS --action=ALLOW --rules=tcp:1214 --source-ranges=<source-cidr> --network=<network>

Ingress rule for 1214 (Kazaa). Scope with --source-ranges and optionally --target-tags.

Windows netsh

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow Kazaa 1214/TCP" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=1214 remoteip=<source>

Inbound TCP 1214 (Kazaa). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

Windows PowerShell

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow Kazaa 1214/TCP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 1214 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound TCP 1214 (Kazaa). 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.