Well-known · Network

520 RIP

TCP —
UDP Yes
SCTP —
DCCP —

What it is

Routing Information Protocol route exchange.

When / why

Legacy interior routing on small networks.

Protocol status detail

TransportStatusMeaning
TCP — Not applicable for this transport.
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 520

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 udp from <source> to any port 520

Allow UDP 520 (RIP). 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="520" protocol="udp" accept'

Allow UDP 520 (RIP) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

nftables

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> udp dport 520 accept

Allow UDP 520 (RIP). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p udp -s <source> --dport 520 -j ACCEPT

Allow UDP 520 (RIP). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

Azure NSG

az network nsg rule create -g <resource-group> --nsg-name <nsg> -n Allow-rip-520 --priority 1000 --access Allow --direction Inbound --protocol UDP --source-address-prefixes <source> --destination-port-ranges 520

Inbound rule for 520 (RIP). 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=udp,FromPort=520,ToPort=520,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound UDP 520 (RIP). Replace <source-cidr> (e.g. 10.0.0.0/16).

GCP firewall

gcloud compute firewall-rules create allow-rip-520 --direction=INGRESS --action=ALLOW --rules=udp:520 --source-ranges=<source-cidr> --network=<network>

Ingress rule for 520 (RIP). Scope with --source-ranges and optionally --target-tags.

Windows netsh

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow RIP 520/UDP" dir=in action=allow protocol=UDP localport=520 remoteip=<source>

Inbound UDP 520 (RIP). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

Windows PowerShell

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow RIP 520/UDP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol UDP -LocalPort 520 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound UDP 520 (RIP). 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.