Well-known · Cross-platform

994 IRCS (reserved)

TCP Reserved
UDP —
SCTP —
DCCP —

What it is

Previously IRC over TLS/SSL; reserved.

When / why

IRC networks generally use 6697 instead.

Protocol status detail

TransportStatusMeaning
TCP Reserved Reserved by IANA, generally to prevent collisions after a withdrawn assignment.
UDP — Not applicable for this transport.
SCTP — Not applicable for this transport.
DCCP — Not applicable for this transport.
« 993 IMAPS 995 POP3S »

Port range

Well-known (0–1023). System port for a core service. On Unix-like systems, binding it requires superuser privileges.

Browse all ports →