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Active Directory - what ports to open

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Active Directory communication takes place using several ports.

The following is the list of services and their ports used for Active Directory communication:

 

Protocol and PortAD and AD DS UsageType of traffic
TCP 25 Replication SMTP
TCP and UDP 53 User and Computer Authentication, Name Resolution, Trusts DNS
TCP and UDP 88 User and Computer Authentication, Forest Level Trusts Kerberos
UDP 123 Windows Time, Trusts Windows Time
TCP 135 Replication RPC, EPM
UDP 137 User and Computer Authentication, NetLogon, NetBIOS Name Resolution
UDP 138 DFS, Group Policy DFSN, NetLogon, NetBIOS Datagram Service
TCP 139 ser and Computer Authentication, Replication DFSN, NetBIOS Session Service, NetLogon

TCP and UDP 389

LDAP Server - Directory, Replication, User and Computer Authentication, Group Policy, Trusts

LDAP

TCP and UDP 445 SMB - Replication, User and Computer Authentication, Group Policy, Trusts SMB,CIFS,SMB2, DFSN, LSARPC, NbtSS, NetLogonR, SamR, SrvSvc
TCP and UDP 464 Replication, User and Computer Authentication, Trusts Kerberos change/set password
TCP 500 IPsec ISAKMP  

TCP 636

LDAP SSL - Directory, Replication, User and Computer Authentication, Group Policy, Trusts

LDAP SSL

TCP 3268

Global Catalog - Directory, Replication, User and Computer Authentication, Group Policy, Trusts

LDAP GC

TCP 3269

Global Catalog - Directory, Replication, User and Computer Authentication, Group Policy, Trusts

LDAP GC SSL

UDP 67 and UDP 2535

DHCP is not a core AD DS service but it is often present in many AD DS deployments. DHCP, MADCAP
UDP 4500 NAT-T  

TCP 5722

File Replication

RPC, DFSR (SYSVOL)

TCP 9389 Active Directory Web Services (ADWS), Active Directory Management Gateway Service SOAP
TCP 1024 - 5000
TCP 49152 - 65535
RPC randomly allocated high TCP ports  

UDP Dynamic

Group Policy

DCOM, RPC, EPM

TCP Dynamic Replication, User and Computer Authentication, Group Policy, Trusts RPC, DCOM, EPM, DRSUAPI, NetLogonR, SamR, FRS

 

 

These ports are required by both client computers and Domain Controllers.

Example, client computer tries to find a domain controller it sends a DNS Query over Port 53 to find the name of the domain controller in the domain.

 

 

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