Well-known · Cross-platform

991 NAS

TCP Yes
UDP
SCTP
DCCP

What it is

Netnews Administration System.

When / why

Usenet administration.

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 991

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 991

Allow TCP 991 (NAS). 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="991" protocol="tcp" accept'

Allow TCP 991 (NAS) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

nftables

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> tcp dport 991 accept

Allow TCP 991 (NAS). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s <source> --dport 991 -j ACCEPT

Allow TCP 991 (NAS). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

Azure NSG

az network nsg rule create -g <resource-group> --nsg-name <nsg> -n Allow-nas-991 --priority 1000 --access Allow --direction Inbound --protocol TCP --source-address-prefixes <source> --destination-port-ranges 991

Inbound rule for 991 (NAS). 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=991,ToPort=991,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound TCP 991 (NAS). Replace <source-cidr> (e.g. 10.0.0.0/16).

GCP firewall

gcloud compute firewall-rules create allow-nas-991 --direction=INGRESS --action=ALLOW --rules=tcp:991 --source-ranges=<source-cidr> --network=<network>

Ingress rule for 991 (NAS). Scope with --source-ranges and optionally --target-tags.

Windows netsh

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow NAS 991/TCP" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=991 remoteip=<source>

Inbound TCP 991 (NAS). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

Windows PowerShell

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow NAS 991/TCP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 991 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound TCP 991 (NAS). 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.