Re: controlling access to specifc IP addresses

I came across a screen in Financials 10.7 that allows you to enter IP addresses of valid terminals (i.e. PCs) that are allowed to connect. I think this can be used to validate users when they connect to Financials rather than in the lower network layers.

JJ

Mike Ellwood wrote in message <7kqpdt$nla_at_newton.cc.rl.ac.uk>...
>[I am a UNIX sysadmin, rather than a DBA]
>
>I wish to control access to our Oracle system to restrict
>it to specific IP addresses.
>
>This Oracle 10.7 with Oracle Financials
>system is running on UNIX (DG-UX).
>
>I can use TCP Wrappers to control access to daemons which normally
>run under inetd. So I can control which IP addresses telnet, rlogin,
>etc.
>
>However, our Oracle users do not normally login directly. They are
>using the PC GUI interface, and all effectively run under the same
>UNIX id.
>
>I would think I need a special Oracle-oriented means of access
>control. Our DBAs are not aware of one; is there one?
>
>Alternatively something _like_ TCP wrappers should in theory
>be able to spot Oracle network connections and filter them
>by address. Is there such a thing, or can TCP wrappers be
>suitably adapted to the purpose?
>--
>Mike.Ellwood_at_rl.ac.uk
Received on Mon Jun 28 1999 - 17:13:13 CDT