Well-known · Cross-platform

81 HTTP alt / Tor

TCP Unofficial
UDP
SCTP
DCCP

What it is

Common alternate HTTP; also TorPark onion routing.

When / why

Secondary web listeners and proxies.

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

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 81

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 81

Allow TCP 81 (HTTP alt / Tor). 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="81" protocol="tcp" accept'

Allow TCP 81 (HTTP alt / Tor) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

nftables

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> tcp dport 81 accept

Allow TCP 81 (HTTP alt / Tor). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s <source> --dport 81 -j ACCEPT

Allow TCP 81 (HTTP alt / Tor). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

Azure NSG

az network nsg rule create -g <resource-group> --nsg-name <nsg> -n Allow-httpalttor-81 --priority 1000 --access Allow --direction Inbound --protocol TCP --source-address-prefixes <source> --destination-port-ranges 81

Inbound rule for 81 (HTTP alt / Tor). 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=81,ToPort=81,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound TCP 81 (HTTP alt / Tor). Replace <source-cidr> (e.g. 10.0.0.0/16).

GCP firewall

gcloud compute firewall-rules create allow-httpalttor-81 --direction=INGRESS --action=ALLOW --rules=tcp:81 --source-ranges=<source-cidr> --network=<network>

Ingress rule for 81 (HTTP alt / Tor). Scope with --source-ranges and optionally --target-tags.

Windows netsh

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow HTTP alt / Tor 81/TCP" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=81 remoteip=<source>

Inbound TCP 81 (HTTP alt / Tor). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

Windows PowerShell

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow HTTP alt / Tor 81/TCP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 81 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound TCP 81 (HTTP alt / Tor). 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.