Network usage

7075 UDP: Primary node activity port

• Port configurable in config.json:node/peering_port
• Always enabled
• Binds to all adapters, unicast
• Contents: Raw rai protocol datagrams
• All standard ledger activity goes through this port
• If blocked the node will not function

7075 TCP: Node bootstrapping server

• Port same as UDP port
• Always enabled
• Binds to all adapters, unicast
• Contents: Raw rai protocol stream
• Transmits the ledger to new nodes in bulk
• If blocked other nodes will not be able retrieve the ledger from this node

7075 SCTP: Unimplemented

• Will combine functionality of UDP and TCP ports

7076 TCP: RPC server

• Port configurable in config.json:rpc/port
• Disabled by default, enable with config.json:rpc_enable
• Binds to localhost by default for security reasons, configurable in config.json:rpc/address, unicast
• Contents: Unencrypted HTTP requests containing JSON object bodies
• Allows the node to be queried or controlled through HTTP requests
• If blocked the node will not be able to be queried or controlled by HTTP