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Custom ports for Jamf AD CS connector

  • September 23, 2019
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Hi,

Do you know if its possible to use custom ports with Jamf AD CS Connector?

Our company don't use standard port as its security issue for them.

++ Feature request - https://www.jamf.com/jamf-nation/feature-requests/8914/jamf-ad-cs-connector-custom-ports-support

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bradtchapman
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  • September 23, 2019

This isn’t the cleanest solution and hardly in keeping with good security practice, but you could use a port tunnel by setting up PuTTY on the Windows boxes and redirect [standard port] to [custom port].

Tutorial: link

EDIT: I just noticed that your company is blocking DCOM. Your network admin needs to be slapped with a wet fish. They are practicing “security through obscurity” by hiding or blocking non-standard ports. This is the worst way to secure a system. There are smarter ways to secure directory services (and networked systems in general). For example: they could have configured the system to only allow connections from certain trusted IPs. This is a superior approach that follows a “zero trust” model.

Blocking DCOM because it can be hacked? Why are they even allowing unsolicited connections from “any” ??