Registered · Cross-platform

6969 BitTorrent tracker

TCP Yes
UDP Unofficial
SCTP —
DCCP —

What it is

Common BitTorrent tracker port.

When / why

P2P tracker.

Protocol status detail

TransportStatusMeaning
TCP Yes Assigned by IANA and standardized, specified, or widely used on this port.
UDP Unofficial Not assigned by IANA, but standardized, specified, or widely used on this port.
SCTP — Not applicable for this transport.
DCCP — Not applicable for this transport.
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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 6969

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 6969

Allow TCP 6969 (BitTorrent tracker). Replace <source> with the network/host that should reach it.

sudo ufw allow proto udp from <source> to any port 6969

Allow UDP 6969 (BitTorrent tracker). 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="6969" protocol="tcp" accept'

Allow TCP 6969 (BitTorrent tracker) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-rich-rule='rule family="ipv4" source address="<source>" port port="6969" protocol="udp" accept'

Allow UDP 6969 (BitTorrent tracker) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

nftables

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> tcp dport 6969 accept

Allow TCP 6969 (BitTorrent tracker). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> udp dport 6969 accept

Allow UDP 6969 (BitTorrent tracker). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s <source> --dport 6969 -j ACCEPT

Allow TCP 6969 (BitTorrent tracker). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p udp -s <source> --dport 6969 -j ACCEPT

Allow UDP 6969 (BitTorrent tracker). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

Azure NSG

az network nsg rule create -g <resource-group> --nsg-name <nsg> -n Allow-bittorrenttracker-6969 --priority 1000 --access Allow --direction Inbound --protocol "*" --source-address-prefixes <source> --destination-port-ranges 6969

Inbound rule for 6969 (BitTorrent tracker). 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=6969,ToPort=6969,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound TCP 6969 (BitTorrent tracker). Replace <source-cidr> (e.g. 10.0.0.0/16).

aws ec2 authorize-security-group-ingress --group-id <sg-id> --ip-permissions IpProtocol=udp,FromPort=6969,ToPort=6969,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound UDP 6969 (BitTorrent tracker). Replace <source-cidr> (e.g. 10.0.0.0/16).

GCP firewall

gcloud compute firewall-rules create allow-bittorrenttracker-6969 --direction=INGRESS --action=ALLOW --rules=tcp:6969,udp:6969 --source-ranges=<source-cidr> --network=<network>

Ingress rule for 6969 (BitTorrent tracker). Scope with --source-ranges and optionally --target-tags.

Windows netsh

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow BitTorrent tracker 6969/TCP" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=6969 remoteip=<source>

Inbound TCP 6969 (BitTorrent tracker). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow BitTorrent tracker 6969/UDP" dir=in action=allow protocol=UDP localport=6969 remoteip=<source>

Inbound UDP 6969 (BitTorrent tracker). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

Windows PowerShell

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow BitTorrent tracker 6969/TCP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 6969 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound TCP 6969 (BitTorrent tracker). Replace <source> with a host or subnet.

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow BitTorrent tracker 6969/UDP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol UDP -LocalPort 6969 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound UDP 6969 (BitTorrent tracker). 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.