Registered · Cross-platform

6660 IRC (range)

TCP Unofficial
UDP
SCTP
DCCP

What it is

IRC service (6660–6669 range).

When / why

Chat servers.

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 6660

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 6660

Allow TCP 6660 (IRC (range)). 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="6660" protocol="tcp" accept'

Allow TCP 6660 (IRC (range)) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

nftables

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> tcp dport 6660 accept

Allow TCP 6660 (IRC (range)). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s <source> --dport 6660 -j ACCEPT

Allow TCP 6660 (IRC (range)). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

Azure NSG

az network nsg rule create -g <resource-group> --nsg-name <nsg> -n Allow-ircrange-6660 --priority 1000 --access Allow --direction Inbound --protocol TCP --source-address-prefixes <source> --destination-port-ranges 6660

Inbound rule for 6660 (IRC (range)). 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=6660,ToPort=6660,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound TCP 6660 (IRC (range)). Replace <source-cidr> (e.g. 10.0.0.0/16).

GCP firewall

gcloud compute firewall-rules create allow-ircrange-6660 --direction=INGRESS --action=ALLOW --rules=tcp:6660 --source-ranges=<source-cidr> --network=<network>

Ingress rule for 6660 (IRC (range)). Scope with --source-ranges and optionally --target-tags.

Windows netsh

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow IRC (range) 6660/TCP" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=6660 remoteip=<source>

Inbound TCP 6660 (IRC (range)). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

Windows PowerShell

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow IRC (range) 6660/TCP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 6660 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound TCP 6660 (IRC (range)). 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.