RE: 9ias Vs IIS

Stick with Apache-TomCat -- JSP --> JDBC --> ORACLE simply because you have all the platforms you need for that.

If the plan is to have the web stuff running on a separate box then you can still do Linux-Apache-TomCat or if they like Windows so much even then you can do Windows-Apache-TomCat, or even Windows-IIS-TomCat.

I agree that Oracle's app. server should not be used to serve static pages. That's why JSP/Servlet containers like TomCat exist...

I agree about the security concerns ...

Just my $0.02

Val Gamerman.

schmoldt_at_fyiowa.com on 11/28/2001 06:00:25 PM

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I'm not a web expert either ... we're just starting to look at web-enabling our forms.
But one big potential drawback to using IIS would be security issues. It's the most-targeted and most-hacked server out there. Someone will need to be
applying patches constantly and hoping for the best. Ask the new guys when was the last time they had to deal with a security/hacker problem with your current 9iAS/Apache setup. :-) Not that it can't be hacked ... but the hackers tend to focus on the easiest target.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sunny Verghese [mailto:vsgeorge70_at_hotmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 2:14 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: 9ias Vs IIS
>
>
> Briefly, our current setup includes Web enabled forms (PL/SQL
> Cartridges)
> accessing an 8i database via 9ias (currently OAS 4.2 but will
> be moving to
> 9ias in a month). Btw, we also use ORACLE APPS (11i) using
> the same Web
> Server (apps and ias handled by another dba... thankfully :-) ......)
>
> For a new system (requirement : ability for customers to
> upload files (xml,
> fixed format text file or spreadsheet, or enter data via a
> form. Need only
> specific people to be able to upload these files. Files need to be
> transmitted and saved securely...... Digital signature ?.
> These files could
> be required later (Law suit)) that we are looking at, a
> couple of new guys
> (who believe that the Sun rises and sets because of Microsoft
> !!!!) are
> proposing using IIS --> ASP --> OEMDB --> ORACLE database
> (existint DB).
> They also have a problem with IIS --> JSP --> JDBC --> ORACLE
> DB (they claim
> JSP would be an overhead on IIS and would slow it down)
>
> I don't know the web stuff well enough (Obviously :-) !!!) to
> see the holes
> (if any) in this approach. Their complaint is that 9ias is
> slow (or in their
> words, ORACLE should stay with databases and not get into the
> Web server
> world !!!)
>
> Opinions / Info that would help ?????
>
> Thanks,
> Sunny
>
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