Registered · Linux/Unix

6000 X11

TCP Yes
UDP
SCTP
DCCP

What it is

X Window System display server (6000–6063 range).

When / why

Remote GUI display. Tunnel over SSH — raw X11 is unauthenticated.

Protocol status detail

TransportStatusMeaning
TCP Yes Assigned by IANA and 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 6000

Copy-ready inbound rules for the active transports. Replace every <source> placeholder with the specific host, subnet, or CIDR that should reach this port.

⚠ Unencrypted or unauthenticated by default — prefer a TLS variant or tunnel over VPN/SSH rather than exposing this port directly.

ufw

sudo ufw allow proto tcp from <source> to any port 6000

Allow TCP 6000 (X11). 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="6000" protocol="tcp" accept'

Allow TCP 6000 (X11) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

nftables

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> tcp dport 6000 accept

Allow TCP 6000 (X11). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s <source> --dport 6000 -j ACCEPT

Allow TCP 6000 (X11). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

Azure NSG

az network nsg rule create -g <resource-group> --nsg-name <nsg> -n Allow-x11-6000 --priority 1000 --access Allow --direction Inbound --protocol TCP --source-address-prefixes <source> --destination-port-ranges 6000

Inbound rule for 6000 (X11). 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=6000,ToPort=6000,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound TCP 6000 (X11). Replace <source-cidr> (e.g. 10.0.0.0/16).

GCP firewall

gcloud compute firewall-rules create allow-x11-6000 --direction=INGRESS --action=ALLOW --rules=tcp:6000 --source-ranges=<source-cidr> --network=<network>

Ingress rule for 6000 (X11). Scope with --source-ranges and optionally --target-tags.

Windows netsh

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow X11 6000/TCP" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=6000 remoteip=<source>

Inbound TCP 6000 (X11). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

Windows PowerShell

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow X11 6000/TCP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 6000 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound TCP 6000 (X11). 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.