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1521 Oracle Database

Oracle listeners use port 1521 for client connectivity, service discovery, and administration handshakes.

Security Context

Port 1521 is high-risk when broadly exposed. Treat it as an attack-surface decision, not just a connectivity setting, and confirm whether the listener truly needs to be reachable.

  • !Directly exposed database listeners expand attack surface substantially.

Nmap Check

Use a version probe first so you confirm whether the expected service is really what is listening on this port.

nmap -sV -p 1521 <host>

Firewall Commands

UFW
sudo ufw allow 1521/tcp
iptables
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 1521 -j ACCEPT

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