Well-known · Cross-platform

563 NNTPS

TCP Yes
UDP Yes
SCTP
DCCP

What it is

NNTP over TLS/SSL.

When / why

Encrypted Usenet.

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 563

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 563

Allow TCP 563 (NNTPS). Replace <source> with the network/host that should reach it.

sudo ufw allow proto udp from <source> to any port 563

Allow UDP 563 (NNTPS). 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="563" protocol="tcp" accept'

Allow TCP 563 (NNTPS) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-rich-rule='rule family="ipv4" source address="<source>" port port="563" protocol="udp" accept'

Allow UDP 563 (NNTPS) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

nftables

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> tcp dport 563 accept

Allow TCP 563 (NNTPS). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> udp dport 563 accept

Allow UDP 563 (NNTPS). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s <source> --dport 563 -j ACCEPT

Allow TCP 563 (NNTPS). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p udp -s <source> --dport 563 -j ACCEPT

Allow UDP 563 (NNTPS). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

Azure NSG

az network nsg rule create -g <resource-group> --nsg-name <nsg> -n Allow-nntps-563 --priority 1000 --access Allow --direction Inbound --protocol "*" --source-address-prefixes <source> --destination-port-ranges 563

Inbound rule for 563 (NNTPS). 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=563,ToPort=563,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound TCP 563 (NNTPS). 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=563,ToPort=563,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound UDP 563 (NNTPS). Replace <source-cidr> (e.g. 10.0.0.0/16).

GCP firewall

gcloud compute firewall-rules create allow-nntps-563 --direction=INGRESS --action=ALLOW --rules=tcp:563,udp:563 --source-ranges=<source-cidr> --network=<network>

Ingress rule for 563 (NNTPS). Scope with --source-ranges and optionally --target-tags.

Windows netsh

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow NNTPS 563/TCP" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=563 remoteip=<source>

Inbound TCP 563 (NNTPS). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow NNTPS 563/UDP" dir=in action=allow protocol=UDP localport=563 remoteip=<source>

Inbound UDP 563 (NNTPS). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

Windows PowerShell

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow NNTPS 563/TCP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 563 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound TCP 563 (NNTPS). Replace <source> with a host or subnet.

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow NNTPS 563/UDP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol UDP -LocalPort 563 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound UDP 563 (NNTPS). 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.