EncrypTight Software Installation

Firewall Ports

In order for EncrypTight components to communicate, you need to make sure that any firewalls in your system are configured to allow the following protocols.

Table 6

Firewall ports

 

 

 

 

 

Protocol

 

Port

Comments

FTP

 

TCP 20, 21

Used for upgrading the software on a PEP.

HTTP

 

TCP 80

Used to communicate management information to EncrypTight

 

 

 

appliances when TLS is disabled.

ICMP/Ping

 

 

Used to check connectivity with a device.

IPsec ESP

 

IP protocol 50

Used in encryption policies.

SFTP

 

TCP 22

Used for secure FTP operations.

SNMP

 

UDP 161, 162

Used to send SNMP traps from the PEPs to a management

 

 

 

workstation.

SNTP

 

UDP 123

Used for time synchronization among EncrypTight components.

SSH

 

TCP 22

Used to securely access the CLI on ETEP PEPs and the

 

 

 

ETKMS.

Syslog

 

UDP 514

Used to send syslog messages from the PEPs to a syslog

 

 

 

server.

TLS (HTTPS)

TCP 443

A secure method of communicating management information

 

 

 

between ETEMS and the PEPs.

XML-RPC

 

TCP 443

Used for communications between ETPM and the ETKMSs and

 

 

 

between the ETKMSs and the PEPs.

 

 

 

 

EncrypTight Software Installation

EncrypTight installation tasks are described in the following topics:

●“Installing EncrypTight Software for the First Time” on page 39

●“Upgrading to a New Version of EncrypTight” on page 40

●“Uninstalling EncrypTight Software” on page 40

●“Starting EncrypTight” on page 40

●“Exiting EncrypTight” on page 41

Installing EncrypTight Software for the First Time

To install EncrypTight for the first time, follow the procedure below.

To install the EncrypTight software:

1Quit all programs before installing EncrypTight.

2Insert the EncrypTight CD into the CD-ROM drive. The installation program should start automatically. If it does not, open the CD and double click EncrypTight.exe.

3Follow the instructions in the installation wizard. Click Next to advance through the wizard.

4When the installation is complete, click Done to quit the installer.

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