Well-known · Cross-platform

995 POP3S

TCP Yes
UDP Yes
SCTP
DCCP

What it is

POP3 over implicit TLS/SSL.

When / why

Secure mailbox retrieval. Preferred over cleartext 110.

Protocol status detail

TransportStatusMeaning
TCP Yes Assigned by IANA and standardized, specified, or widely used on this port.
UDP Yes Assigned by IANA and standardized, specified, or widely used on this port.
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 995

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 995

Allow TCP 995 (POP3S). Replace <source> with the network/host that should reach it.

sudo ufw allow proto udp from <source> to any port 995

Allow UDP 995 (POP3S). 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="995" protocol="tcp" accept'

Allow TCP 995 (POP3S) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-rich-rule='rule family="ipv4" source address="<source>" port port="995" protocol="udp" accept'

Allow UDP 995 (POP3S) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

nftables

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> tcp dport 995 accept

Allow TCP 995 (POP3S). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> udp dport 995 accept

Allow UDP 995 (POP3S). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s <source> --dport 995 -j ACCEPT

Allow TCP 995 (POP3S). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p udp -s <source> --dport 995 -j ACCEPT

Allow UDP 995 (POP3S). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

Azure NSG

az network nsg rule create -g <resource-group> --nsg-name <nsg> -n Allow-pop3s-995 --priority 1000 --access Allow --direction Inbound --protocol "*" --source-address-prefixes <source> --destination-port-ranges 995

Inbound rule for 995 (POP3S). 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=995,ToPort=995,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound TCP 995 (POP3S). 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=995,ToPort=995,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound UDP 995 (POP3S). Replace <source-cidr> (e.g. 10.0.0.0/16).

GCP firewall

gcloud compute firewall-rules create allow-pop3s-995 --direction=INGRESS --action=ALLOW --rules=tcp:995,udp:995 --source-ranges=<source-cidr> --network=<network>

Ingress rule for 995 (POP3S). Scope with --source-ranges and optionally --target-tags.

Windows netsh

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow POP3S 995/TCP" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=995 remoteip=<source>

Inbound TCP 995 (POP3S). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow POP3S 995/UDP" dir=in action=allow protocol=UDP localport=995 remoteip=<source>

Inbound UDP 995 (POP3S). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

Windows PowerShell

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow POP3S 995/TCP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 995 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound TCP 995 (POP3S). Replace <source> with a host or subnet.

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow POP3S 995/UDP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol UDP -LocalPort 995 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound UDP 995 (POP3S). 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.