Re: orace10G XE WindowsXp and Zonealarm Pro

On 8 Jan 2007 13:29:25 -0800, "hpuxrac" <johnbhurley_at_sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>
>Robert A. Reissaus wrote:
>> Hi guys.
>> I have installed a oracle10 Express Edition on my Windowsxp. On the
>> system I am running ZoneAlarm Pro with rather obvious adjusted privacy
>> settings as follows:
>> 3rd party cookies are blocked.
>> private header information is disabled.
>> popup/under ads are blocked
>> animations are blocked
>> script execution is blocked ( vbscript etc).
>>
>> As a result I can NOT logon to the database using SYSTEM ( or any
>> other user for that matter).
>>
>> The ONLY i can log in is to remove ANY initial blockage in my
>> firewall. This is of course totally unacceptable. Now I have tried to
>> tweak the firewall settings in such a way that ports used by oracle
>> are allowed, but that doesn't work. It *looks* like oracle circumvents
>> the firewall entirely.
>>
>
>I have never had any big problems running any version of oracle on
>windows with zone alarm present. ( I am not a big fan of oracle on
>windows when most any kind of unix system is available but that's a
>different rant ).
>
>Oracle "can't" circumvent a firewall. It's only software that makes
>calls thru the operating system(s) when doing network access etc.
>
>Typically you will get prompted by zonealarm if such and such a program
>is allowed to access certain zones in your system, if it's allowed to
>act as a server, etc. Did you reply yes to these kinds of prompts for
>oracle XE and the various other pieces parts that come with XE?
>
>Is it xp home that are running? I seem to recall some problems with
>oracle in regards to that but xp pro should be smooth. Check the
>readme and install docs that come with xe to see if you have a valid
>environment.

Hi Guy.
I have always ( even in the version 7) had problems runnign oracle on windows. Actually this is the first time I have been able to get to it without having to rebuild my machine so that oracle would run on it. Usually I have everything running on my linux or unix box as well, but the nice thing with this XE is that I can run on my laptop and take it with me. Bit of a problem eith my Linux servers there :-))

I like the 'Oracle "can't" circumvent a firewall. It's only software .....( but then again so are viruses aren't they? :-))

The part of XE that requested server permissions ( trusted and internet) have been granted those albeit reluctantly since it won't run on the internet. :-(

Nop, running Xp Pro here, fully updated. Running all kind og other programs as well ( Visual studio, Delphi, borland Jbuilder, Boinc setiathome, NetExpress of MicroFocus etc, etc, etc. No problems with any of them.

it isn't the address or the port that blocks the gui, it's the privacy settings et all. Even keeping 1 of them in place blocks logon. Robert A. Reissaus Received on Mon Jan 08 2007 - 20:03:44 CST