Re: Internal Oracle RHEL DB Servers - Is Firewall Enabled a Best Practice?

Well, it may not be a best practice from the performance point of view, but it may be a necessity from the security point of view. Please make sure that ephemeral ports remain open. Ephemeral ports are defined in the "local port range" OS parameter that you have to set for Oracle installation.

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On 8/16/19 3:19 PM, DRCDBA (Gmail) wrote:
> I'm setting up a couple of new internal Oracle RHEL DB servers and the SysAdmin wants to enable the built-in firewall.
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> I've never seen this on an internal DB server before but thought I'd ask here in case it is recommended or a new (or even old) best practice.
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