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SafeNet Luna Network HSM Port Usage

Here is how ports are used on the SafeNet Luna Network HSM appliance, by default.

Standard Ports

Port Type Port Usage Direction
TCP 22 SSH (Secure Shell)   
Network Access to appliance from client and/or remote workstations  for administration
Bi-directional   
TCP 1792

NTLS (Network Trust Link Service)   
Application traffic

SafeNet Luna Client Utilities cmu, vtl, your application(s), etc.  [*] 

Bi-directional   
TCP 1503 RemotePED   
Port 1503 is the default. You can specify another port using the LunaCM ped set or ped connect commands.
Establishing secure connection for a Remote PED   
Not applicable in a PWD based HSM   
HSM to Remote Workstation/Client   
TCP 5656

Secure Trusted Channel (STC)

Application traffic

SafeNet Luna Client Utilities cmu, vtl, your application(s), etc.  [*].

See Secure Trusted Channel (STC) in the Administration Guide for more information.

Bi-directional   

[* SafeNet Luna Network HSM communicates with the SafeNet Luna Client. Applications use the client connection to obtain service from the HSM. Service is available only to client systems that are registered with SafeNet Luna Network HSM partitions.]

Additional Ports

Port Type Port Usage Direction
UDP 514 Syslog Service
Used to offload syslog to a remote syslog server
HSM to Syslog Server
UDP 123 NTP Service (Network Time Protocol) HSM to NTP Server
UDP 161/162 SNMP Service
(Simple Network Management Protocol)
HSM to SNMP Server