Registered · Windows

5355 LLMNR

TCP Yes
UDP Yes
SCTP
DCCP

What it is

Link-Local Multicast Name Resolution.

When / why

Windows fallback name resolution. Disable it — LLMNR poisoning is a common credential-theft attack.

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

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

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Firewall rules for port 5355

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 5355

Allow TCP 5355 (LLMNR). Replace <source> with the network/host that should reach it.

sudo ufw allow proto udp from <source> to any port 5355

Allow UDP 5355 (LLMNR). 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="5355" protocol="tcp" accept'

Allow TCP 5355 (LLMNR) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-rich-rule='rule family="ipv4" source address="<source>" port port="5355" protocol="udp" accept'

Allow UDP 5355 (LLMNR) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

nftables

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> tcp dport 5355 accept

Allow TCP 5355 (LLMNR). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> udp dport 5355 accept

Allow UDP 5355 (LLMNR). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s <source> --dport 5355 -j ACCEPT

Allow TCP 5355 (LLMNR). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p udp -s <source> --dport 5355 -j ACCEPT

Allow UDP 5355 (LLMNR). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

Azure NSG

az network nsg rule create -g <resource-group> --nsg-name <nsg> -n Allow-llmnr-5355 --priority 1000 --access Allow --direction Inbound --protocol "*" --source-address-prefixes <source> --destination-port-ranges 5355

Inbound rule for 5355 (LLMNR). 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=5355,ToPort=5355,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound TCP 5355 (LLMNR). 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=5355,ToPort=5355,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound UDP 5355 (LLMNR). Replace <source-cidr> (e.g. 10.0.0.0/16).

GCP firewall

gcloud compute firewall-rules create allow-llmnr-5355 --direction=INGRESS --action=ALLOW --rules=tcp:5355,udp:5355 --source-ranges=<source-cidr> --network=<network>

Ingress rule for 5355 (LLMNR). Scope with --source-ranges and optionally --target-tags.

Windows netsh

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow LLMNR 5355/TCP" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=5355 remoteip=<source>

Inbound TCP 5355 (LLMNR). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow LLMNR 5355/UDP" dir=in action=allow protocol=UDP localport=5355 remoteip=<source>

Inbound UDP 5355 (LLMNR). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

Windows PowerShell

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow LLMNR 5355/TCP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 5355 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound TCP 5355 (LLMNR). Replace <source> with a host or subnet.

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow LLMNR 5355/UDP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol UDP -LocalPort 5355 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound UDP 5355 (LLMNR). 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.