User Guide

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4.1.5 Loupe – internet browser connection
Conn
ID
Description
Data content
Listening
port(s)
Remarks
1
Standard http
connection.
Standard http
traffic for
creating a
https
connection.
tcp/80
Redirects to https port of
Loupe.
Configurable
in Loupe
installer.
2
Standard https
connection for
measurement requests
and responses.
Secure http.
Report and
chart
requests and
responses.
tcp/443
Business connection for
Loupe.
Configurable
in Loupe
installer.
Carat server contains a web application named Loupe that runs on port that is defined during
Loupe server installation, the default is 80. Browser user sets the URI to access Loupe server,
the URI depends on Loupe server configuration. Loupe server communication is secured with a
server certificate. No certificate is needed from the user / browser side.
4.2 Communication security
All connections containing meaningful traffic are being encrypted. The encryption method is
TLS on top of TCP or UDP on top of IP. The PKI infrastructure (certificates) is being used
throughout the solution but the files differ as there are has numerous formats for certificate
containers while the contents are according the same method.
Encrypted connections are depicted below: