# Is an inbound rule required to communicate with license server?
**URL:** https://community.wowza.com/t/is-an-inbound-rule-required-to-communicate-with-license-server/41974
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine
**Created:** [June 30, 2015, 11:02am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/is-an-inbound-rule-required-to-communicate-with-license-server/41974 "2015-06-30T11:02:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Seungyong\_kwon](https://community.wowza.com/u/Seungyong_kwon)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2015, 11:02am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/is-an-inbound-rule-required-to-communicate-with-license-server/41974/1 "2015-06-30T11:02:35Z")
Hi,
Is the Wowza media server require an inbound rule to communicate with the license server?
Thanks.
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### Author:  [@sal\_jefferson](https://community.wowza.com/u/sal_jefferson)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2015, 6:33am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/is-an-inbound-rule-required-to-communicate-with-license-server/41974/2 "2015-06-30T06:33:11Z")
There is no inbound rule required (that I am aware of) only an outbound rule. And port 80 needs to be open.
Salvadore
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### Author:  [@sal\_jefferson](https://community.wowza.com/u/sal_jefferson)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2015, 11:14am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/is-an-inbound-rule-required-to-communicate-with-license-server/41974/3 "2015-06-30T11:14:45Z")
Sure thing. If you have any questions in the future, please don’t hesitate to ask.
Regards,
Salvadore
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### Author:  [@Seungyong\_kwon](https://community.wowza.com/u/Seungyong_kwon)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2015, 10:05pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/is-an-inbound-rule-required-to-communicate-with-license-server/41974/4 "2015-06-30T22:05:34Z")
> There is no inbound rule required (that I am aware of) only an outbound rule. And port 80 needs to be open.
>
> Salvadore
Thanks.