Registered · Cross-platform

5222 XMPP client

TCP Yes
UDP Reserved
SCTP
DCCP

What it is

Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol client connection.

When / why

Jabber/XMPP chat client login.

Protocol status detail

TransportStatusMeaning
TCP Yes Assigned by IANA and standardized, specified, or widely used on this port.
UDP Reserved Reserved by IANA, generally to prevent collisions after a withdrawn assignment.
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 5222

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 5222

Allow TCP 5222 (XMPP client). 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="5222" protocol="tcp" accept'

Allow TCP 5222 (XMPP client) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

nftables

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> tcp dport 5222 accept

Allow TCP 5222 (XMPP client). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s <source> --dport 5222 -j ACCEPT

Allow TCP 5222 (XMPP client). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

Azure NSG

az network nsg rule create -g <resource-group> --nsg-name <nsg> -n Allow-xmppclient-5222 --priority 1000 --access Allow --direction Inbound --protocol TCP --source-address-prefixes <source> --destination-port-ranges 5222

Inbound rule for 5222 (XMPP client). 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=5222,ToPort=5222,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound TCP 5222 (XMPP client). Replace <source-cidr> (e.g. 10.0.0.0/16).

GCP firewall

gcloud compute firewall-rules create allow-xmppclient-5222 --direction=INGRESS --action=ALLOW --rules=tcp:5222 --source-ranges=<source-cidr> --network=<network>

Ingress rule for 5222 (XMPP client). Scope with --source-ranges and optionally --target-tags.

Windows netsh

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow XMPP client 5222/TCP" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=5222 remoteip=<source>

Inbound TCP 5222 (XMPP client). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

Windows PowerShell

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow XMPP client 5222/TCP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 5222 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound TCP 5222 (XMPP client). 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.