University Network Border Blocks

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Current border blocks

Ports

These are the current ports that are blocked at the border. Unless otherwise specified, blocks affect traffic in both directions.

Destination Port Service Date added Additional notes
7/tcp, 7/udp echo Prior to 2000  
9/tcp, 9/udp discard Prior to 2000  
11/tcp, 11/udp systat April, 2020 CHG0046078
17/tcp, 17/udp qotd April, 2020 CHG0046078
19/tcp, 19/udp chargen Prior to 2000  
23/tcp telnet February, 2016 inbound only
37/tcp, 37/udp time (not NTP)

 

April, 2020 CHG0046078
42/tcp, 42,udp nameserver December, 2004  
49/tcp, 49/udp tacacs April, 2020 CHG0046078
67/udp bootps August, 2000  
68/udp bootpc August, 2000  
69/udp tftp August, 2000  
88/tcp Kerberos April, 2020 CHG0046078
88/udp Kerberos March, 2021 CHG328248 (inbound only)
111/tcp, 111/udp sunrpc Prior to 2000  
135/tcp, 135/udp epmap Prior to 2000  
137/tcp, 137/udp netbios-ns Prior to 2000  
138/tcp, 138/udp netbios-dgm Prior to 2000  
139/tcp, 139/udp netbios-ssn Prior to 2000  
161/tcp, 161/udp SNMP August, 2000  
162/tcp, 162/udp SNMPtrap August, 2000  
177/udp XDMCP November, 2019 CHG0045312, made permanent with CHG0046078; 162.96.0.0/16 (Fairview) is NOT blocked
389/tcp LDAP April, 2020 CHG0046078; access to ldap.umn.edu is not blocked
389/udp LDAP May, 2018 CHG0042126
427/udp SLP June, 2023 CHG1190975, makes a block of inbound Service Location Protocol permanent
445/tcp, 445/udp microsoft-ds August, 2000  
514/udp syslog August, 2000 Inbound only
515/tcp printer August, 2000  
520/udp rip April, 2020 CHG0046078
546/udp, 547/udp DHCPv6 (client and server) April, 2020

CHG0046078

548/udp afpovertcp August, 2000  
548/tcp afpovertcp September, 2002  
593/tcp http-rpc-epmap August, 2003 inbound only
623/tcp ms-sql-s May, 2018  
631/tcp, 631/udp ipp April, 2020 CHG0046078
664/tcp ms-sql-s May, 2018  
1433/tcp ms-sql-s May, 2002  
1434/tcp, 1434/udp ms-sql-m January, 2003  
1521/tcp   September, 2002 common Oracle listener; inbound only
1900/tcp, 1900/udp upnp January, 2002  
1993/tcp, 1993/udp snmpmux February, 2002  
2049/tcp, 2049/udp nfsd Prior to 2000  
2375/tcp, 2376/tcp, 2377/tcp Docker ports July, 2021 TDX change 472738; inbound only
2484/tcp   September, 2002 common Oracle listener; inbound only
2701/tcp, 2702/tcp Microsoft Configuration Manager remote control March, 2021 CHG328248
3283/udp Apple remote desktop April, 2020 CHG0046078
3306/tcp mysql August, 2006 inbound only
3389/tcp, 3389/udp rdp

March, 2012 (tcp)

June 2019 (udp)

inbound only

3702/udp Web Services Dynamic Discovery (WS-Discovery) August, 2019 CHG0044707 (UIS #570851); made permanent with CHG0046078
4045/tcp, 4045/udp lockd Prior to 2000  
5353/udp mDNS April, 2020 CHG0046078 (inbound only)
5432/tcp Postgresql April, 2020 CHG0046078 (inbound only)
5900/tcp VNC March, 2020 inbound only; CHG0045933; made permanent with CHG0046078
5985/tcp, 5986/tcp WinRM September, 2020 inbound only; added temporarily in August, 2020; made permanent with change ID #138277
6000/tcp x11 August, 2006 162.96.0.0/16 (Fairview) is NOT blocked
6379/tcp redis April, 2020 CHG0046078 (inbound only)
7001/tcp,  7001/udp afs3-callback October, 2018 inbound only; CHG0042977
7002/tcp afs3-prserver October, 2018 inbound only; CHG0042977
9100/tcp jetdirect April, 2016 inbound only
11211/udp memcache April, 2020 inbound only; CHG0046078
16992/tcp ms-sql-s May, 2018  
16993/tcp ms-sql-s May, 2018  
16994/tcp ms-sql-s May, 2018  
16995/tcp ms-sql-s May, 2018  
27017/tcp mongodb April, 2020 inbound only; CHG0046078
32771/tcp, 32771/udp   Prior to 2000 common SunRPC
32772/tcp, 32772/udp   Prior to 2000 common SunRPC

Other items that are blocked

The U's border also blocks the following:

  • RFC1918 address (10.0.0.0/8, 172.16.0.0/12, 192.168.0.0/16)
  • RFC 6598 address (100.64.0.0/10)
  • Loopback (127.0.0.0/8)
  • Directed broadcasts
  • Classful Boundaries
  • Inbound traffic with UMN source addresses (spoofed inbound)
  • Outbound traffic without UMN source addresses (spoofed outbound)
  • Source-routed traffic

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