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Gerry Sinkiewicz wrote:
> The answer is probably to secure both devices on a secure isolated network
>
> That would be the only way to satisfy a security audit, if it is
> multi-master, then
> the information goes both ways, so the information is just as "sensitive" at
> both ends, isn't it?
>
> "Andrew Blakeslee" <andrew_at_soft-solutions-inc.com> wrote in message
> news:5ddf960e.0312111124.2e8d770e_at_posting.google.com...
>
>>I am investigating a scenario where I need to keep two databases >>synchronized, but there cannot be a physical connection due to >>security constraints. Is it possible to setup a multi-master >>replication scenario where the replication transactions are copied to >>a removable media from one database and then loaded from the removable >>media to the other database at fixed intervals? There should be a >>relatively low volume of transactions, so the size of the data being >>transferred should not be an issue. >>
The OP didn't say this but I had assumed that the information being replicated was not security sensitive since this is multi-master. Rather, I imagine there is _other_ information on the "secure" machine that is sensitive.
-- Richard KuhlerReceived on Tue Dec 16 2003 - 13:16:30 CST