XE: Changing the default http port
Oracle XE uses the embedded http listener that comes with the XML DB (XDB) to serve http requests. The default port for HTTP access is 8080.
It also supports the WebDAV protocol just as well as FTP.
You can determine the current configuration using the following commands when you connect to XE as the oracle user SYSTEM (or any other DBA):
You can change the http port and the ftp port to whatever you like (keep in mind that you need special privileges for ports < 1024 on Unix/Linux systems).
If you only want to use the database without allowing access via http or ftp then you can disable both: