Well-known · Cross-platform

554 RTSP

TCP Yes
UDP Yes
SCTP
DCCP

What it is

Real Time Streaming Protocol control channel.

When / why

IP cameras and media streaming control.

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 554

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 554

Allow TCP 554 (RTSP). Replace <source> with the network/host that should reach it.

sudo ufw allow proto udp from <source> to any port 554

Allow UDP 554 (RTSP). 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="554" protocol="tcp" accept'

Allow TCP 554 (RTSP) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-rich-rule='rule family="ipv4" source address="<source>" port port="554" protocol="udp" accept'

Allow UDP 554 (RTSP) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

nftables

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> tcp dport 554 accept

Allow TCP 554 (RTSP). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> udp dport 554 accept

Allow UDP 554 (RTSP). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s <source> --dport 554 -j ACCEPT

Allow TCP 554 (RTSP). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p udp -s <source> --dport 554 -j ACCEPT

Allow UDP 554 (RTSP). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

Azure NSG

az network nsg rule create -g <resource-group> --nsg-name <nsg> -n Allow-rtsp-554 --priority 1000 --access Allow --direction Inbound --protocol "*" --source-address-prefixes <source> --destination-port-ranges 554

Inbound rule for 554 (RTSP). 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=554,ToPort=554,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound TCP 554 (RTSP). 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=554,ToPort=554,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound UDP 554 (RTSP). Replace <source-cidr> (e.g. 10.0.0.0/16).

GCP firewall

gcloud compute firewall-rules create allow-rtsp-554 --direction=INGRESS --action=ALLOW --rules=tcp:554,udp:554 --source-ranges=<source-cidr> --network=<network>

Ingress rule for 554 (RTSP). Scope with --source-ranges and optionally --target-tags.

Windows netsh

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow RTSP 554/TCP" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=554 remoteip=<source>

Inbound TCP 554 (RTSP). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow RTSP 554/UDP" dir=in action=allow protocol=UDP localport=554 remoteip=<source>

Inbound UDP 554 (RTSP). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

Windows PowerShell

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow RTSP 554/TCP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 554 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound TCP 554 (RTSP). Replace <source> with a host or subnet.

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow RTSP 554/UDP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol UDP -LocalPort 554 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound UDP 554 (RTSP). 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.