Chapter 10 Getting Started with Application Layer Protocol Inspection

Default Settings and NAT Limitations

Table 10-1

Supported Application Inspection Engines (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Application1

 

Default Port

NAT Limitations

Standards2

Comments

ICMP ERROR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ILS (LDAP)

 

TCP/389

No extended PAT.

 

 

 

No NAT64.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Instant

 

Varies by

No extended PAT.

RFC 3860

Messaging (IM)

 

client

No NAT64.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IP Options

 

No NAT64.

RFC 791, RFC

 

 

 

 

2113

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IPsec Pass

 

UDP/500

No PAT.

Through

 

 

No NAT64.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IPv6

 

No NAT64.

RFC 2460

 

 

 

 

 

 

MGCP

 

UDP/2427,

No extended PAT.

RFC 2705bis-05

 

 

2727

No NAT64.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Clustering) No static PAT.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MMP

 

TCP 5443

No extended PAT.

 

 

 

No NAT64.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NetBIOS Name

 

UDP/137,

No extended PAT.

NetBIOS is supported by performing

Server over IP

 

138 (Source

No NAT64.

 

NAT of the packets for NBNS UDP port

 

 

ports)

 

 

137 and NBDS UDP port 138.

 

 

 

 

 

 

PPTP

 

TCP/1723

No NAT64.

RFC 2637

 

 

 

(Clustering) No static PAT.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RADIUS

 

1646

No NAT64.

RFC 2865

Accounting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RSH

 

TCP/514

No PAT.

Berkeley UNIX

 

 

 

No NAT64.

 

 

 

 

 

(Clustering) No static PAT.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RTSP

 

TCP/554

No extended PAT.

RFC 2326, 2327,

No handling for HTTP cloaking.

 

 

 

No outside NAT.

1889

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No NAT64.

 

 

 

 

 

(Clustering) No static PAT.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ScanSafe (Cloud

 

TCP/80

These ports are not included in the

Web Security)

 

TCP/413

 

 

default-inspection-traffic class for the

 

 

 

 

 

ScanSafe inspection.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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