3.2 Default Ports

Open the ports listed in the following table for proper communication between the Core Services computer and agents running SCAP policy templates. SCAP-enabled agents include the NetIQ Security Agent for UNIX and the NetIQ Security Agent for Windows.

Port Number

Component Computer

Port Use

8044

Web server

Used by the Web server that is embedded in Core Services to listen to SCAP-enabled agents. The Web server uses port 8044 by default, but this port is configurable.

8443

Core Services computer

Used by Core Services to listen to SCAP-enabled agents.