Well-known · Cross-platform

69 TFTP

TCP Assigned
UDP Yes
SCTP
DCCP

What it is

Trivial File Transfer Protocol — minimal UDP file transfer, no auth.

When / why

PXE boot, network device firmware/config push. Keep on isolated provisioning networks.

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 69

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 udp from <source> to any port 69

Allow UDP 69 (TFTP). 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="69" protocol="udp" accept'

Allow UDP 69 (TFTP) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

nftables

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> udp dport 69 accept

Allow UDP 69 (TFTP). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p udp -s <source> --dport 69 -j ACCEPT

Allow UDP 69 (TFTP). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

Azure NSG

az network nsg rule create -g <resource-group> --nsg-name <nsg> -n Allow-tftp-69 --priority 1000 --access Allow --direction Inbound --protocol UDP --source-address-prefixes <source> --destination-port-ranges 69

Inbound rule for 69 (TFTP). 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=69,ToPort=69,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound UDP 69 (TFTP). Replace <source-cidr> (e.g. 10.0.0.0/16).

GCP firewall

gcloud compute firewall-rules create allow-tftp-69 --direction=INGRESS --action=ALLOW --rules=udp:69 --source-ranges=<source-cidr> --network=<network>

Ingress rule for 69 (TFTP). Scope with --source-ranges and optionally --target-tags.

Windows netsh

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow TFTP 69/UDP" dir=in action=allow protocol=UDP localport=69 remoteip=<source>

Inbound UDP 69 (TFTP). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

Windows PowerShell

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow TFTP 69/UDP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol UDP -LocalPort 69 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound UDP 69 (TFTP). 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.