Well-known · macOS

660 macOS Server admin

TCP Yes
UDP Assigned
SCTP
DCCP

What it is

macOS Server administration (10.4 and earlier).

When / why

Legacy Mac server management.

Protocol status detail

TransportStatusMeaning
TCP Yes Assigned by IANA and standardized, specified, or widely used on this port.
UDP Assigned Assigned by IANA, but not 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 660

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 660

Allow TCP 660 (macOS Server admin). 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="660" protocol="tcp" accept'

Allow TCP 660 (macOS Server admin) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

nftables

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> tcp dport 660 accept

Allow TCP 660 (macOS Server admin). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s <source> --dport 660 -j ACCEPT

Allow TCP 660 (macOS Server admin). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

Azure NSG

az network nsg rule create -g <resource-group> --nsg-name <nsg> -n Allow-macosserveradmin-660 --priority 1000 --access Allow --direction Inbound --protocol TCP --source-address-prefixes <source> --destination-port-ranges 660

Inbound rule for 660 (macOS Server admin). 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=660,ToPort=660,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound TCP 660 (macOS Server admin). Replace <source-cidr> (e.g. 10.0.0.0/16).

GCP firewall

gcloud compute firewall-rules create allow-macosserveradmin-660 --direction=INGRESS --action=ALLOW --rules=tcp:660 --source-ranges=<source-cidr> --network=<network>

Ingress rule for 660 (macOS Server admin). Scope with --source-ranges and optionally --target-tags.

Windows netsh

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow macOS Server admin 660/TCP" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=660 remoteip=<source>

Inbound TCP 660 (macOS Server admin). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

Windows PowerShell

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow macOS Server admin 660/TCP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 660 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound TCP 660 (macOS Server admin). 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.