Registered · Cross-platform

13720 NetBackup (bprd)

TCP Yes
UDP
SCTP
DCCP

What it is

Veritas/Symantec NetBackup request daemon.

When / why

Enterprise backup traffic.

Protocol status detail

TransportStatusMeaning
TCP Yes Assigned by IANA and standardized, specified, or widely used on this port.
UDP Not applicable for this transport.
SCTP Not applicable for this transport.
DCCP Not applicable for this transport.

Port range

Registered (1024–49151). Assigned by IANA on request; usable without elevated privileges on most systems.

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Firewall rules for port 13720

Copy-ready inbound rules for the active transports. Replace every <source> placeholder with the specific host, subnet, or CIDR that should reach this port.

ufw

sudo ufw allow proto tcp from <source> to any port 13720

Allow TCP 13720 (NetBackup (bprd)). Replace <source> with the network/host that should reach it.

firewalld

sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-rich-rule='rule family="ipv4" source address="<source>" port port="13720" protocol="tcp" accept'

Allow TCP 13720 (NetBackup (bprd)) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

nftables

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> tcp dport 13720 accept

Allow TCP 13720 (NetBackup (bprd)). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s <source> --dport 13720 -j ACCEPT

Allow TCP 13720 (NetBackup (bprd)). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

Azure NSG

az network nsg rule create -g <resource-group> --nsg-name <nsg> -n Allow-netbackupbprd-13720 --priority 1000 --access Allow --direction Inbound --protocol TCP --source-address-prefixes <source> --destination-port-ranges 13720

Inbound rule for 13720 (NetBackup (bprd)). Set <source> to a CIDR; lower priority number = higher precedence.

AWS Security Group

aws ec2 authorize-security-group-ingress --group-id <sg-id> --ip-permissions IpProtocol=tcp,FromPort=13720,ToPort=13720,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound TCP 13720 (NetBackup (bprd)). Replace <source-cidr> (e.g. 10.0.0.0/16).

GCP firewall

gcloud compute firewall-rules create allow-netbackupbprd-13720 --direction=INGRESS --action=ALLOW --rules=tcp:13720 --source-ranges=<source-cidr> --network=<network>

Ingress rule for 13720 (NetBackup (bprd)). Scope with --source-ranges and optionally --target-tags.

Windows netsh

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow NetBackup (bprd) 13720/TCP" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=13720 remoteip=<source>

Inbound TCP 13720 (NetBackup (bprd)). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

Windows PowerShell

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow NetBackup (bprd) 13720/TCP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 13720 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound TCP 13720 (NetBackup (bprd)). Replace <source> with a host or subnet.

Rules are generated only for transports marked active for this port. They default to an inbound allow with an explicit source placeholder — never any. Review direction, scope, and rule precedence before applying in production.