Re: Seeking opinions on firewalls

From: Thomas Hesse <thomas.hesse_at_team.xtra.co.nz>
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 17:08:55 +1300
Message-ID: <3C7C5BD7.33EB0467@team.xtra.co.nz>

On UNIX you only have to open the listener port, because it is using per default portsharing. (dedicated mode, not MTS) On Windows NT you have to set a registry key for this.

Thomas

Richard Armstrong wrote:
>
> Can anybody recommend a firewall that can be used with an Oracle database?
> I understand that because of the way Oracle uses port redirection, it is
> necessary for vendors to build Oracle supplied application proxy code into
> their products. The alternative seems to be to open a large number of ports
> for any clients that will need to use SQL*Net via the firewall.
>
> Any advice will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Richard
Received on Tue Feb 26 2002 - 22:08:55 CST