Network Architecture

External Entities

Entities that need to connect to a machine running MedCo can be categorized as follow:

  • System administrators: Persons administrating the MedCo node. Likely to remain inside the clinical site internal network.

  • End-users: Researchers using MedCo to access the shared. Likely to remain inside the clinical site internal network.

  • Other MedCo nodes: MedCo nodes belonging to other clinical sites of the network.

Firewall Ports Opening

The following ports should be accessible by the listed entities, which makes IP address white-listing possible:

  • Port 22, 5432 (TCP): System Administrators

  • Port 80 (TCP): End-Users (HTTP automatic redirect to HTTPS (443))

  • Port 443 (TCP): System Administrators, End-Users, Other MedCo Nodes

  • Ports 2000-2001 (TCP): Other MedCo Nodes

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