Re: Tunneling the Oracle native Protocol through HTTP

Piotr Kolodziej wrote:
>
> Jörg Werner wrote in message <3587D868.D84120C7_at_intershop.de>...
> >
> >A database client talks to a database server using the
> >native database protocol. Now we want to separate both
> >client and server and put them at different internet
> >sites which are each protected by a firewall. Let us
> >assume the HTTP protocol is - by administration - the
> >only trusted protocol to get through the firewalls.
> >
> >Are there any products/tools out there which allow
> >the native database protocol to be tunneled within
> >HTTP packets? If not, do you have any idea how we can
> >successfully do it ourselves (certainly the native
> >protocol is non-public)?
>
> I don't think that HTTP would be a good choice.
> Why HTTP???????? What advantages ?

Unfortunately, this is a feature which we have to provide, too. But it seems there is no HTTP tunneler available. :-(

> In my opinion there's no real need to do that.
> SQL*Net 2 (or 8) which is native Oracle network
> protocol may be tunneled between networks much
> much easier.
> For example by simply forwarder as a proxy.
> I've tested plug-gw from TIS Firewall Toolkit
> against sqlnet listener on screened unix machine
> and that works fine.

Of course, this will work but ...

Jörg Received on Fri Jun 19 1998 - 17:54:58 CEST