Simple question (I think)

Hi All,

This is what needs to be done:
We have a website in a DMZ that needs to access data in our databases that are behind a firewall.
I have never had to deal with DMZ, firewall issues before, so I ask this list for some advice

In the past shared servers on specific ports were configured for 1 database so that it was easy to go through the firewall.

This is what they configured:
mts_dispatchers="(address=(protocol=tcp)(host=10.5.2.7)(port=50001))(dis patchers=1)"
mts_dispatchers="(address=(protocol=tcp)(host=10.5.2.7)(port=50002))(dis patchers=1)"
mts_dispatchers="(address=(protocol=tcp)(host=10.5.2.7)(port=50003))(dis patchers=1)"
mts_dispatchers="(address=(protocol=tcp)(host=10.5.2.7)(port=50004))(dis patchers=1)"
mts_dispatchers="(address=(protocol=tcp)(host=10.5.2.7)(port=50005))(dis patchers=1)"

This works well, these ports have been opened on the firewall and connections can be made.

Now I need to do this same trick for 2 more databases one of which is on the same machine as the original.

I can find parameters to set but I have the feeling that for the second database on the same machine I need to configure different port numbers. Is this correct?
For the other database that is on a different server I can use the same ports and therefore does not require additional open ports in the firewall.

SECOND question.

Is this a good way to go through the firewall? Or are there issues with this way of doing it. Furthermore hwo did you solve this.

Thanks for reading

Jack

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