Symantec Endpoint Encryption Protocols and Ports

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• Endpoint Encryption

Issue/Introduction

This article details the protocols and ports used by Symantec Endpoint Encryption.

Resolution

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) Note: This is only used for GPO Policy.  SEE Native Policy  uses port 443.  Broadcom recommends using SEE Native policies instead of GPO for ease of use and greater flexibility.  See the following article for information on GPO VS SEE: 237667 - Symantec Endpoint Encryption Policy Configuration Options and Considerations 214037 - Symantec Endpoint Encryption Preferred Policy Group Assignment   243136 - Migrating to Symantec Endpoint Encryption Policy Methodologies to SEE Native Policies	SEE Clients	445, 389
SOAP over Hypertext Transport Protocol (HTTP)	TCP/IP	Communicate between the clients and the server	SEE Clients 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
Database - Tabular Data Stream (TDS)	TCP/IP	Communicate between the server and the database	Symantec Endpoint Encryption Management Server	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 SEE Clients	636, 3269, or configurable

 

 

Additional Information

243136 - Migrating to Symantec Endpoint Encryption Policy Methodologies to SEE Native Policies (From Active Directory Policies)

214037 - Symantec Endpoint Encryption Preferred Policy Group Assignment