# WHATPORT(1072)

## NAME

port 1072 — CARDAX (Gallagher access control) — Registered to CARDAX, the building access-control system now sold as Gallagher Command Centre.

Protocol: TCP  
IANA registry

## DESCRIPTION

IANA assigned 1072 to "CARDAX" for Charles Oram of Cardax, the New Zealand access-control vendor that became Gallagher Security. In current Gallagher deployments the port carries FTCAPI, the Command Centre API that third-party systems such as video management platforms connect to, so integration guides tell installers to open TCP 1072 on the middleware host. Outside a site running Gallagher or legacy Cardax FT hardware you will effectively never see it.

## EXPOSURE

**Do not expose.** This is the API into a physical access-control system — doors, cards, alarms. Keep it on the security management VLAN, reachable only from the integration server that needs it.

## CHECK

```sh
nc -vz -w 3 TARGET 1072
```

## SEE ALSO

- iana — [IANA port registry — 1072 (cardax)](https://www.iana.org/assignments/service-names-port-numbers/service-names-port-numbers.xhtml?search=1072) (iana.org)
- docs — [Milestone — Gallagher Command Centre VMS integration release note (FTCAPI listens on 1072)](https://www.milestonesys.com/globalassets/marketplace/uploaded-assets/0012000000c2pxraaz/milestone-vms-integration---release-note.2.pdf) (milestonesys.com)
- docs — [Gallagher Security (successor to Cardax)](https://security.gallagher.com/) (security.gallagher.com)

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