Can RMI be hosted on ports above 32000?

Question

I am new to RMI and I have a doubt regrading hosting the RMI server on a specific port(s).

Is it necessary that Java RMI server be hosted on ports between 1024-9000 or can it be hosted on any random port (say port 50000).

What potential problem may occur if it is hosted on such random ports (50000 or 60000) ?

I have checked the RMI specification but couldn't find any information on hosting on specific ports.

You can see this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3071376/what-port-is-used-by-java-rmi-connection. — Sazzadur Rahaman, Jul 17 '18 at 14:27

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 18 '18 at 04:55

Is it necessary that Java RMI server be hosted on ports between 1024-9000

No.

or can it be hosted on any random port (say port 50000).

Yes. From RMI's point of view there is no difference between any port number 1 to 65535.

What potential problem may occur if it is hosted on such random ports (50000 or 60000) ?

None.

For more detail see my answer here.

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