Re: Keeping a DB from Phoning Home...

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From: David Mann <dmann99_at_gmail.com>
Sender: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 12:51:25
To: Martin Klier<usn_at_usn-it.de>
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Cc: Mark.Bobak_at_proquest.com<Mark.Bobak_at_proquest.com>; oracle-l_at_freelists.org<oracle-l_at_freelists.org> Subject: Re: Keeping a DB from Phoning Home...

Thanks for the suggestions, I will push the networking angle more when I meet with the sysadmin. The biggest risk is probably from DB links which can be mitigated, but to be 100% sure looks like isolating it in a subnet or with firewall is the most reliable route. (Pun intended!) On Thursday, September 12, 2013, Martin Klier wrote:

> Hi David,
>
> I agree with Mark - but my first thought was: "Why not putting it behind
> a firewall, not allowing outgoing connections, and only allow the app
> server to connect in [to Port 1521 via TNS]?"
>
> Maybe easier to achieve than reconfiguring a legacy system to a new subnet.
>
> HTH
> Martin Klier
>
>
> Mark Bobak schrieb:
> > If you're not sure how to do that, you may want to have a chat with your
> > network engineering group. It should be pretty trivial to set up.
> >
>
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