Well-known · Cross-platform

67 DHCP / BOOTP server

TCP Assigned
UDP Yes
SCTP
DCCP

What it is

DHCP server receives client requests on UDP/67.

When / why

Server side of DHCP; relay agents forward broadcasts here.

Protocol status detail

TransportStatusMeaning
TCP Assigned Assigned by IANA, but not 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 67

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 udp from <source> to any port 67

Allow UDP 67 (DHCP / BOOTP server). 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="67" protocol="udp" accept'

Allow UDP 67 (DHCP / BOOTP server) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

nftables

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> udp dport 67 accept

Allow UDP 67 (DHCP / BOOTP server). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p udp -s <source> --dport 67 -j ACCEPT

Allow UDP 67 (DHCP / BOOTP server). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

Azure NSG

az network nsg rule create -g <resource-group> --nsg-name <nsg> -n Allow-dhcpbootpserver-67 --priority 1000 --access Allow --direction Inbound --protocol UDP --source-address-prefixes <source> --destination-port-ranges 67

Inbound rule for 67 (DHCP / BOOTP server). 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=udp,FromPort=67,ToPort=67,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound UDP 67 (DHCP / BOOTP server). Replace <source-cidr> (e.g. 10.0.0.0/16).

GCP firewall

gcloud compute firewall-rules create allow-dhcpbootpserver-67 --direction=INGRESS --action=ALLOW --rules=udp:67 --source-ranges=<source-cidr> --network=<network>

Ingress rule for 67 (DHCP / BOOTP server). Scope with --source-ranges and optionally --target-tags.

Windows netsh

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow DHCP / BOOTP server 67/UDP" dir=in action=allow protocol=UDP localport=67 remoteip=<source>

Inbound UDP 67 (DHCP / BOOTP server). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

Windows PowerShell

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow DHCP / BOOTP server 67/UDP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol UDP -LocalPort 67 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound UDP 67 (DHCP / BOOTP server). 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.