Re: Connection tunneling

From: Ronald Rood <devnull_at_ronr.nl>
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 06:06:47 +0200
Message-ID: <0001HW.BD1BCF77001BDBB0F03055B0@news.individual.net>

On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 22:07:53 +0200, monisiatko wrote (in article <cd4431$3pr$1_at_nemesis.news.tpi.pl>):

> Is it possible to tunnel oracle connection?
>
> There are:
> 1. client in LAN without fixed IP address, behind firewall, with only http
> connection to Internet (no others ports enabled)
> 2. server in other LAN with the same resctrictions as client.
>
> Can client connect to server via some king of tunneling?
> Please help. I know there are some standard tools (ie. stunnel), but I
> cannot reconfigure Oracle Server (I have no access).

ssh tunnels are good and easy to use. It's encrypted and you can bypass firewall's, nat without having to open additional ports. If the firewall only allows http and is statefull you might need to open https and make a ssl tunnel through that port.

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With kind regards,
Ronald
http://ronr.nl/unix-dba

Received on Wed Jul 14 2004 - 23:06:47 CDT