Registered · Windows

5632 pcAnywhere status

TCP Yes
UDP Yes
SCTP —
DCCP —

What it is

Symantec pcAnywhere status (UDP).

When / why

Legacy remote-control discovery.

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.
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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 5632

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 5632

Allow TCP 5632 (pcAnywhere status). Replace <source> with the network/host that should reach it.

sudo ufw allow proto udp from <source> to any port 5632

Allow UDP 5632 (pcAnywhere status). 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="5632" protocol="tcp" accept'

Allow TCP 5632 (pcAnywhere status) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-rich-rule='rule family="ipv4" source address="<source>" port port="5632" protocol="udp" accept'

Allow UDP 5632 (pcAnywhere status) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

nftables

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> tcp dport 5632 accept

Allow TCP 5632 (pcAnywhere status). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> udp dport 5632 accept

Allow UDP 5632 (pcAnywhere status). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s <source> --dport 5632 -j ACCEPT

Allow TCP 5632 (pcAnywhere status). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p udp -s <source> --dport 5632 -j ACCEPT

Allow UDP 5632 (pcAnywhere status). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

Azure NSG

az network nsg rule create -g <resource-group> --nsg-name <nsg> -n Allow-pcanywherestatus-5632 --priority 1000 --access Allow --direction Inbound --protocol "*" --source-address-prefixes <source> --destination-port-ranges 5632

Inbound rule for 5632 (pcAnywhere status). 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=5632,ToPort=5632,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound TCP 5632 (pcAnywhere status). 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=5632,ToPort=5632,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound UDP 5632 (pcAnywhere status). Replace <source-cidr> (e.g. 10.0.0.0/16).

GCP firewall

gcloud compute firewall-rules create allow-pcanywherestatus-5632 --direction=INGRESS --action=ALLOW --rules=tcp:5632,udp:5632 --source-ranges=<source-cidr> --network=<network>

Ingress rule for 5632 (pcAnywhere status). Scope with --source-ranges and optionally --target-tags.

Windows netsh

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow pcAnywhere status 5632/TCP" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=5632 remoteip=<source>

Inbound TCP 5632 (pcAnywhere status). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow pcAnywhere status 5632/UDP" dir=in action=allow protocol=UDP localport=5632 remoteip=<source>

Inbound UDP 5632 (pcAnywhere status). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

Windows PowerShell

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow pcAnywhere status 5632/TCP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 5632 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound TCP 5632 (pcAnywhere status). Replace <source> with a host or subnet.

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow pcAnywhere status 5632/UDP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol UDP -LocalPort 5632 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound UDP 5632 (pcAnywhere status). 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.