{"id":1737,"date":"2015-12-28T16:35:58","date_gmt":"2015-12-28T16:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentclearinghouse.info\/help\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=1737"},"modified":"2026-08-03T19:01:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T19:01:50","slug":"configuring-your-firewall-settings","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/help.studentclearinghouse.org\/dataexchange\/knowledge-base\/configuring-your-firewall-settings\/","title":{"rendered":"Configuring Your Firewall Settings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Secure&nbsp;FTP&nbsp;(File Transfer Protocol) supports two methods for securely exchanging files with the Clearinghouse: FTP over SSH(SFTP) and Web Browser interface (HTTPS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-open-sans-font-family\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">&nbsp;Web Browser Interface (HTTPS)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Web browsers use port 443 for establishing secure connections to the server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em><span class=\"important\">REQUIRED:<\/span><\/em> Allow TCP Port-443 to FTPS.NSLC.ORG<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&gt; Also see <a href=\"https:\/\/help.studentclearinghouse.org\/dataexchange\/knowledge-base\/uploading-files-via-the-web-browser-interface\/\">Uploading Files via the Web Browser Interface <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-open-sans-font-family\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">&nbsp;FTP over SSH Clients (SFTP)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:14px\">A one-port SSH tunnel is established to support FTP over SSH clients. The use of a single SSH tunnel has an advantage over the multiple encrypted data streams used by FTP over SSL: fewer ports need to be opened on a firewall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span class=\"important\"><em>REQUIRED:<\/em><\/span> Allow TCP Port-22 to FTPS.NSLC.ORG<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-open-sans-font-family\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Secure FTP Settings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-small-font-size\">\n<li><strong>Internet Domain<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; ftps.nslc.org\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Website Address\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/ftps.nslc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/ftps.nslc.org\/\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mailbox (User) ID<\/strong> &#8211; Usually your OPE ID (colleges) or NCES (high schools) Number<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Home Folder<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Same as your mailbox ID<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Receive Sub-Folder<\/strong> <em>(if applicable)<\/em>\u00a0&#8211; \/receive<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Password<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Initially set by the Clearinghouse<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Password Administration<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Can be set by you or the Clearinghouse<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how to configure firewall settings to ensure secure and reliable Secure FTP connections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"ht-kb-category":[73],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1737","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-secure-ftp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.studentclearinghouse.org\/dataexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.studentclearinghouse.org\/dataexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.studentclearinghouse.org\/dataexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.studentclearinghouse.org\/dataexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.studentclearinghouse.org\/dataexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1737"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/help.studentclearinghouse.org\/dataexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3183,"href":"https:\/\/help.studentclearinghouse.org\/dataexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1737\/revisions\/3183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.studentclearinghouse.org\/dataexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.studentclearinghouse.org\/dataexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1737"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.studentclearinghouse.org\/dataexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}