Well-known · Windows

691 MS Exchange Routing

TCP Yes
UDP
SCTP
DCCP

What it is

Microsoft Exchange link-state routing.

When / why

Legacy Exchange routing.

Protocol status detail

TransportStatusMeaning
TCP Yes Assigned by IANA and 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

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 691

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 691

Allow TCP 691 (MS Exchange Routing). 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="691" protocol="tcp" accept'

Allow TCP 691 (MS Exchange Routing) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

nftables

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> tcp dport 691 accept

Allow TCP 691 (MS Exchange Routing). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s <source> --dport 691 -j ACCEPT

Allow TCP 691 (MS Exchange Routing). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

Azure NSG

az network nsg rule create -g <resource-group> --nsg-name <nsg> -n Allow-msexchangerouting-691 --priority 1000 --access Allow --direction Inbound --protocol TCP --source-address-prefixes <source> --destination-port-ranges 691

Inbound rule for 691 (MS Exchange Routing). 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=691,ToPort=691,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound TCP 691 (MS Exchange Routing). Replace <source-cidr> (e.g. 10.0.0.0/16).

GCP firewall

gcloud compute firewall-rules create allow-msexchangerouting-691 --direction=INGRESS --action=ALLOW --rules=tcp:691 --source-ranges=<source-cidr> --network=<network>

Ingress rule for 691 (MS Exchange Routing). Scope with --source-ranges and optionally --target-tags.

Windows netsh

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow MS Exchange Routing 691/TCP" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=691 remoteip=<source>

Inbound TCP 691 (MS Exchange Routing). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

Windows PowerShell

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow MS Exchange Routing 691/TCP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 691 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound TCP 691 (MS Exchange Routing). 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.