Close all unused ports
Keep only the minimum number of ports open. You should close all ports not in use.
The Central Designer application uses the following ports:
- 80—Used when the client applications are separated from the application servers and database server by a firewall, and do not use an SSL connection (HTTP).
- 443—Used when the client applications are separated from the application servers and database server by a firewall, and use an SSL connection (HTTPS).
- 1521—Used by the Oracle Listener service.
- 53000—Used for communication between application servers behind a firewall.