Well-known · Linux/Unix

177 XDMCP

TCP Yes
UDP Yes
SCTP
DCCP

What it is

X Display Manager Control Protocol for remote X logins.

When / why

Remote graphical login on Unix; tunnel or restrict tightly.

Protocol status detail

TransportStatusMeaning
TCP Yes Assigned by IANA and standardized, specified, or widely used on this port.
UDP Yes Assigned by IANA and 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 177

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 177

Allow TCP 177 (XDMCP). Replace <source> with the network/host that should reach it.

sudo ufw allow proto udp from <source> to any port 177

Allow UDP 177 (XDMCP). 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="177" protocol="tcp" accept'

Allow TCP 177 (XDMCP) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-rich-rule='rule family="ipv4" source address="<source>" port port="177" protocol="udp" accept'

Allow UDP 177 (XDMCP) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

nftables

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> tcp dport 177 accept

Allow TCP 177 (XDMCP). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> udp dport 177 accept

Allow UDP 177 (XDMCP). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s <source> --dport 177 -j ACCEPT

Allow TCP 177 (XDMCP). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p udp -s <source> --dport 177 -j ACCEPT

Allow UDP 177 (XDMCP). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

Azure NSG

az network nsg rule create -g <resource-group> --nsg-name <nsg> -n Allow-xdmcp-177 --priority 1000 --access Allow --direction Inbound --protocol "*" --source-address-prefixes <source> --destination-port-ranges 177

Inbound rule for 177 (XDMCP). 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=177,ToPort=177,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound TCP 177 (XDMCP). Replace <source-cidr> (e.g. 10.0.0.0/16).

aws ec2 authorize-security-group-ingress --group-id <sg-id> --ip-permissions IpProtocol=udp,FromPort=177,ToPort=177,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound UDP 177 (XDMCP). Replace <source-cidr> (e.g. 10.0.0.0/16).

GCP firewall

gcloud compute firewall-rules create allow-xdmcp-177 --direction=INGRESS --action=ALLOW --rules=tcp:177,udp:177 --source-ranges=<source-cidr> --network=<network>

Ingress rule for 177 (XDMCP). Scope with --source-ranges and optionally --target-tags.

Windows netsh

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow XDMCP 177/TCP" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=177 remoteip=<source>

Inbound TCP 177 (XDMCP). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow XDMCP 177/UDP" dir=in action=allow protocol=UDP localport=177 remoteip=<source>

Inbound UDP 177 (XDMCP). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

Windows PowerShell

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow XDMCP 177/TCP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 177 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound TCP 177 (XDMCP). Replace <source> with a host or subnet.

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow XDMCP 177/UDP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol UDP -LocalPort 177 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound UDP 177 (XDMCP). 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.