Port 1433 (TCP) โ€” Microsoft SQL Server

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Port
1433
Protocol
TCP
Service
Microsoft SQL Server
Internet exposure risk
High

Databases should never be reachable from the internet.

Check if port 1433 is open

On the server, see what is listening:

sudo ss -tulpn | grep ':1433 '

From another machine, test reachability:

nc -zv your-server.example.com 1433

Block port 1433 from the internet

With UFW (Ubuntu/Debian):

sudo ufw deny 1433

With firewalld (RHEL/AlmaLinux/Rocky):

sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --remove-port=1433/tcp && sudo firewall-cmd --reload

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