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What ports does Secure Global Desktop use?

This page lists the ports used by Secure Global Desktop and their purpose. It also lists the direction and protocol information needed to configure firewalls for use with Secure Global Desktop. The ports are divided into ports used for:

Ports used for connections between client devices and Secure Global Desktop servers

Source Destination Destination port Purpose
Client Web server
on the Secure Global Desktop host
80/tcp Standard, unencrypted HTTP requests and responses used to display webtops.
Client Web server
on the Secure Global Desktop host
443/tcp Secure, encrypted HTTPS requests and responses used to display webtops.
Client Secure Global Desktop server 3144/tcp Standard, unencrypted connections used for control and application display updates.
Client Secure Global Desktop server 5307/tcp SSL-based secure, encrypted connections to Secure Global Desktop servers. Used for control and application display updates.

Notes

Ports used for connections between Secure Global Desktop servers

Source Destination Destination port Purpose
Secure Global Desktop server Another Secure Global Desktop server 515/tcp Used when moving print jobs from one Secure Global Desktop server to another using the tarantella print move command.
Secure Global Desktop server Another Secure Global Desktop server 5427/tcp Used for connections between Secure Global Desktop servers to allow array replication and sharing of both static and dynamic data across the array.

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Ports used for connections between Secure Global Desktop servers and application servers

Source Destination Destination port Purpose
Secure Global Desktop server Application server 22/tcp Used to connect to X and character applications using Secure SHell (SSH).
Secure Global Desktop server Application server 23/tcp Used to connect to Windows, X and character applications using telnet.
Application server Secure Global Desktop server 137/udp Used for WINS services with client drive mapping.
The server binds to this port at start-up only if WINS services are currently enabled.
Application server Secure Global Desktop server 139/tcp Used for client drive mapping services.
The server binds to this port at start-up, whether or not client drive mapping services are currently enabled.
Secure Global Desktop server Application server 512/tcp Used to connect to X applications using rexec.
Application server Secure Global Desktop server 515/tcp Used to send print jobs from the application server to a Secure Global Desktop server.
Secure Global Desktop server Application server 3389/tcp Used to connect to Windows applications configured to use the Microsoft RDP protocol.
Secure Global Desktop server Application server 3579/tcp Used for connections between the primary Secure Global Desktop server and the Secure Global Desktop load balancing service running on an application server.
Application server Secure Global Desktop server 3579/udp Used for connections between the Secure Global Desktop load balancing service running on an application server and the primary Secure Global Desktop server.
Secure Global Desktop server Application server 5999/tcp Used to connect to Windows applications, if the application configured to use the Wincenter protocol and the connection method is telnet. The Wincenter protocol is no longer supported but may be used by legacy Windows application objects,
Application server Secure Global Desktop server 6010/tcp and above Used to connect X applications with the protocol engines running on the Secure Global Desktop server.

Notes

Ports used for connections to authentication services and directory services

Source Destination Destination port Purpose
Secure Global Desktop server Windows server 88/udp or tcp Used to authenticate users from a Windows domain.
Secure Global Desktop server Windows server 137/udp Used to authenticate users from a Windows domain.
Secure Global Desktop server Windows server 139/tcp Used to authenticate users from a Windows domain.
Secure Global Desktop server LDAP directory server 389/tcp Used to authenticate users and/or provide webtop content using LDAP.
Secure Global Desktop server Windows server 464/udp or tcp Used to allow users to change their password if it has expired.
Secure Global Desktop server LDAP directory server 636/tcp Used to authenticate users and/or provide webtop content using SSL-based LDAP (LDAPS).
RSA SecurID/ACE Server® Secure Global Desktop server 1024/udp to 65535/udp Used to authenticate users using SecurID/ACE.
Secure Global Desktop server Windows server 3268/tcp Used to authenticate users from a Windows domain.
Secure Global Desktop server RSA SecurID/ACE Server 5500/udp Used to authenticate users using SecurID/ACE.

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