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Re: Multi-Master Replication over an air-gap

From: Richard Kuhler <noone_at_nowhere.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 19:16:30 GMT
Message-ID: <iSIDb.8222$Oh1.249@twister.socal.rr.com>


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.

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Richard Kuhler
Received on Tue Dec 16 2003 - 13:16:30 CST

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