Well-known · Network

521 RIPng

TCP
UDP Yes
SCTP
DCCP

What it is

RIP next generation for IPv6.

When / why

Legacy IPv6 interior routing.

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 521

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 521

Allow UDP 521 (RIPng). 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="521" protocol="udp" accept'

Allow UDP 521 (RIPng) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

nftables

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> udp dport 521 accept

Allow UDP 521 (RIPng). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p udp -s <source> --dport 521 -j ACCEPT

Allow UDP 521 (RIPng). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

Azure NSG

az network nsg rule create -g <resource-group> --nsg-name <nsg> -n Allow-ripng-521 --priority 1000 --access Allow --direction Inbound --protocol UDP --source-address-prefixes <source> --destination-port-ranges 521

Inbound rule for 521 (RIPng). 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=521,ToPort=521,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound UDP 521 (RIPng). Replace <source-cidr> (e.g. 10.0.0.0/16).

GCP firewall

gcloud compute firewall-rules create allow-ripng-521 --direction=INGRESS --action=ALLOW --rules=udp:521 --source-ranges=<source-cidr> --network=<network>

Ingress rule for 521 (RIPng). Scope with --source-ranges and optionally --target-tags.

Windows netsh

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow RIPng 521/UDP" dir=in action=allow protocol=UDP localport=521 remoteip=<source>

Inbound UDP 521 (RIPng). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

Windows PowerShell

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow RIPng 521/UDP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol UDP -LocalPort 521 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound UDP 521 (RIPng). 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.