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Port 547: DHCPv6 server

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The ports that come up when opening a firewall, reading a scan or troubleshooting a connection: what runs on each, TCP or UDP, and what to watch out for. Search by number or name. Port numbers and service names were checked against IANA's port number registry; ports that are widely used but assigned by IANA to something else are marked unofficial.

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547 is a system port (0-1023): assigned by IANA, and on Linux only root can listen on it. IANA's registry lists everything assigned to it: look up 547 at IANA.

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PortProtocolServiceWhat it's forIANA name
547
UDP
DHCPv6 server
Where DHCPv6 requests go.
dhcpv6-server

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