Registered · Cross-platform

9418 Git protocol

TCP Yes
UDP
SCTP
DCCP

What it is

Git native pack-transfer (git://) — unauthenticated.

When / why

Anonymous Git clone. Read-only and unencrypted; prefer SSH/HTTPS.

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

Registered (1024–49151). Assigned by IANA on request; usable without elevated privileges on most systems.

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Firewall rules for port 9418

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 tcp from <source> to any port 9418

Allow TCP 9418 (Git protocol). 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="9418" protocol="tcp" accept'

Allow TCP 9418 (Git protocol) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

nftables

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> tcp dport 9418 accept

Allow TCP 9418 (Git protocol). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s <source> --dport 9418 -j ACCEPT

Allow TCP 9418 (Git protocol). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

Azure NSG

az network nsg rule create -g <resource-group> --nsg-name <nsg> -n Allow-gitprotocol-9418 --priority 1000 --access Allow --direction Inbound --protocol TCP --source-address-prefixes <source> --destination-port-ranges 9418

Inbound rule for 9418 (Git protocol). 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=9418,ToPort=9418,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound TCP 9418 (Git protocol). Replace <source-cidr> (e.g. 10.0.0.0/16).

GCP firewall

gcloud compute firewall-rules create allow-gitprotocol-9418 --direction=INGRESS --action=ALLOW --rules=tcp:9418 --source-ranges=<source-cidr> --network=<network>

Ingress rule for 9418 (Git protocol). Scope with --source-ranges and optionally --target-tags.

Windows netsh

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow Git protocol 9418/TCP" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=9418 remoteip=<source>

Inbound TCP 9418 (Git protocol). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

Windows PowerShell

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow Git protocol 9418/TCP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 9418 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound TCP 9418 (Git protocol). 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.