Registered · Cross-platform

5800 VNC over HTTP

TCP Unofficial
UDP
SCTP
DCCP

What it is

VNC Java applet viewer over HTTP.

When / why

Browser-based VNC (legacy).

Protocol status detail

TransportStatusMeaning
TCP Unofficial Not assigned by IANA, but standardized, specified, or widely used on this port.
UDP Not applicable for this transport.
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 5800

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 5800

Allow TCP 5800 (VNC over HTTP). 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="5800" protocol="tcp" accept'

Allow TCP 5800 (VNC over HTTP) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

nftables

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> tcp dport 5800 accept

Allow TCP 5800 (VNC over HTTP). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s <source> --dport 5800 -j ACCEPT

Allow TCP 5800 (VNC over HTTP). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

Azure NSG

az network nsg rule create -g <resource-group> --nsg-name <nsg> -n Allow-vncoverhttp-5800 --priority 1000 --access Allow --direction Inbound --protocol TCP --source-address-prefixes <source> --destination-port-ranges 5800

Inbound rule for 5800 (VNC over HTTP). 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=5800,ToPort=5800,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound TCP 5800 (VNC over HTTP). Replace <source-cidr> (e.g. 10.0.0.0/16).

GCP firewall

gcloud compute firewall-rules create allow-vncoverhttp-5800 --direction=INGRESS --action=ALLOW --rules=tcp:5800 --source-ranges=<source-cidr> --network=<network>

Ingress rule for 5800 (VNC over HTTP). Scope with --source-ranges and optionally --target-tags.

Windows netsh

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow VNC over HTTP 5800/TCP" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=5800 remoteip=<source>

Inbound TCP 5800 (VNC over HTTP). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

Windows PowerShell

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow VNC over HTTP 5800/TCP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 5800 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound TCP 5800 (VNC over HTTP). 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.