Re: Oracle 8i and Panda ClientShield

From: Frank van Bortel <frank.van.bortel_at_gmail.com>
Date: 11 Oct 2006 07:34:23 -0700
Message-ID: <1160577263.871426.241300@e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.com>

GHU schreef:

> Hi,
>
> I have an application usi,g the Oracle 8i client to access the Oracle
> Database on a server. Since I have deployed Panda ClientShield on the client
> computer, the application can not access the database server anymore.
>
> It seems that Panda has changed the parameters of the Windows XP Pro
> firewall. I've tried to let TCP port 1521 open, it doesn't work.
>
> Has anyone any experience of this ? Any Idea ?

Sure - open all ports.
The listener hands off to a new process, that will use an arbitrary port, and report that back to the client. The session will then continue on that port.
Unless:
- you use a shared port (look up shared_socket - does not work for all 8i versions)
- use MTS
- tell your pet bear to accept all incoming sessions, initiated from within.
Thats called a stateful firewall. Received on Wed Oct 11 2006 - 09:34:23 CDT