Well-known · Cross-platform

655 tinc VPN

TCP Yes
UDP Yes
SCTP
DCCP

What it is

tinc mesh VPN daemon.

When / why

Mesh VPN tunneling.

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 655

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 655

Allow TCP 655 (tinc VPN). Replace <source> with the network/host that should reach it.

sudo ufw allow proto udp from <source> to any port 655

Allow UDP 655 (tinc VPN). 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="655" protocol="tcp" accept'

Allow TCP 655 (tinc VPN) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-rich-rule='rule family="ipv4" source address="<source>" port port="655" protocol="udp" accept'

Allow UDP 655 (tinc VPN) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

nftables

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> tcp dport 655 accept

Allow TCP 655 (tinc VPN). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> udp dport 655 accept

Allow UDP 655 (tinc VPN). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s <source> --dport 655 -j ACCEPT

Allow TCP 655 (tinc VPN). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p udp -s <source> --dport 655 -j ACCEPT

Allow UDP 655 (tinc VPN). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

Azure NSG

az network nsg rule create -g <resource-group> --nsg-name <nsg> -n Allow-tincvpn-655 --priority 1000 --access Allow --direction Inbound --protocol "*" --source-address-prefixes <source> --destination-port-ranges 655

Inbound rule for 655 (tinc VPN). 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=655,ToPort=655,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound TCP 655 (tinc VPN). 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=655,ToPort=655,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound UDP 655 (tinc VPN). Replace <source-cidr> (e.g. 10.0.0.0/16).

GCP firewall

gcloud compute firewall-rules create allow-tincvpn-655 --direction=INGRESS --action=ALLOW --rules=tcp:655,udp:655 --source-ranges=<source-cidr> --network=<network>

Ingress rule for 655 (tinc VPN). Scope with --source-ranges and optionally --target-tags.

Windows netsh

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow tinc VPN 655/TCP" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=655 remoteip=<source>

Inbound TCP 655 (tinc VPN). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow tinc VPN 655/UDP" dir=in action=allow protocol=UDP localport=655 remoteip=<source>

Inbound UDP 655 (tinc VPN). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

Windows PowerShell

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow tinc VPN 655/TCP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 655 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound TCP 655 (tinc VPN). Replace <source> with a host or subnet.

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow tinc VPN 655/UDP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol UDP -LocalPort 655 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound UDP 655 (tinc VPN). 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.