This article details the protocols and ports used by Symantec Endpoint Encryption.
The following table identifies each protocol and port used by Symantec Endpoint Encryption.
Application Layer Protocol | Communication Protocol | Purpose | Used By | Port |
Group Policy Core Protocols | TCP/IP | Deliver Group Policy Objects (GPOs) | Client Computers Manager Computers |
445, 389 |
SOAP over Hypertext Transport Protocol (HTTP) | TCP/IP | Communicate between the clients and the server | Client Computers Symantec Endpoint Encryption Management Server |
Configurable |
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) | TCP/IP | Query Active Directory and eDirectory directories | Symantec Endpoint Encryption Management Server | 389, 3268, or configurable |
Tabular Data Stream (TDS) | TCP/IP | Communicate between the server and the database | Symantec Endpoint Encryption Management Server Symantec Endpoint Encryption Database Manager Computers |
1433, dynamically allocated, or configurable |
Transport Layer Security (TLS) and/or Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) | TCP/IP | Optionally encrypt communications by layering these protocols on top of TDS, LDAP, and/or HTTP | Symantec Endpoint Encryption Management Server Symantec Endpoint Encryption Database Manager Computers Client Computers |
636, 3269, or configurable |