Splunk indexer is trying to establish connections on forwarder systems on ports 80, 443 and 8089. Why?

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Article Number: 1478
Date: July 2, 2013, 10:45 am
URL: http://splunk-base.splunk.com/answers/93640/splunk-indexer-is-trying-to-establish-connections-on-forwarder-systems-on-ports-80-443-and-8089-why
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