Port 9995 · NetFlow / IPFIX alt

Port 9995 is NetFlow / IPFIX alt, UDP.

Alternate NetFlow/IPFIX collector port — commonly used alongside 2055 for IPFIX-format flow export.

Palo Alto

Create the service object for this port, then allow the App-ID on it. Restricting the rule to the port's service object keeps the rule working on a non-default port and stops the App-ID matching on other ports. Replace the placeholders with your own rule name and zones.

set service udp-9995 protocol udp port 9995

set rulebase security rules <rule-name> from <from-zone> to <to-zone> source any destination any application netflow service udp-9995 action allow

Risk and exposure

Rated low risk. Even so, only expose this port to the networks and hosts that need it, and keep it patched.

Check it

• Linux ss -ulnp | grep :9995
• nmap nmap -sU -p 9995 <host>

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