# \[Solved\] Which Ports does Blue Mind 3 need? \[CentOS 6\]

**URL:** <https://forum.bluemind.net/t/solved-which-ports-does-blue-mind-3-need-centos-6/1776>\
**Category:** Discussions\
**Created:** [February 19, 2014, 9:51pm UTC](https://forum.bluemind.net/t/solved-which-ports-does-blue-mind-3-need-centos-6/1776 "2014-02-19T21:51:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![geohas](https://forum.bluemind.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/85f322/32.png) [@geohas](https://forum.bluemind.net/u/geohas)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 9:51pm UTC](https://forum.bluemind.net/t/solved-which-ports-does-blue-mind-3-need-centos-6/1776/1 "2014-02-19T21:51:57Z")

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I ran the bin on CentOS 6, everything worked fine, but wtf! does it disable iptables automatically?

It would be nice to be asked before opening all ports!

You run the bin as root, why can’t you implement iptables -commands?

regards

Geohas

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**Author:** ![tcataldo](https://forum.bluemind.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@tcataldo](https://forum.bluemind.net/u/tcataldo)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 1:22am UTC](https://forum.bluemind.net/t/solved-which-ports-does-blue-mind-3-need-centos-6/1776/2 "2014-02-20T01:22:45Z")

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As you seem security inclined, you could agree that one server, one firewall is not a good solution. We are trying to provide the best out of the box experience. selinux, iptables, etc can get in the way so we disable them at install time.

Our objective is to give you a working bluemind. What you get out of the installer is not what you should expose to the internet.

From a firewall point of view, ports 25, 80, 587, 143, 443 should be enough.