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UDP 28960

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Port28960
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Synopsis

  • UDP port 28960 is primarily used by Call of Duty PC dedicated servers.
  • Call of Duty 2 dedicated servers default to UDP 28960 for gameplay and server queries (often using 28961, 28962 for additional instances).
  • Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (including the CoD4X dedicated server) listens on UDP 28960 by default.
  • Call of Duty: World at War PC dedicated servers also use UDP 28960 as the default port.
  • Hosting guides commonly instruct forwarding/opening UDP 28960 for these titles, and public servers often appear as server:28960.
  • Security note: attackers have abused exposed CoD servers on UDP 28960 for reflection/amplification DDoS via status/info query packets.

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