Re: Oracle Web Application Server v3

Oracle WAS 3.0 has build in security features that only allow people to connect if they know the VIRTUAL host names you want them to know. This allows you to connect over the internet without specifying the actual host name of the server.

On the Oracle Web Listener Administration page there is a section labeled Addresses and Ports. In this section there is a table with columns for:

      Proxy ON/OFF
      Address
      Port
      Security
      Host Name
      Base Directory
      Log Info Directory
      Authentication
      Certificate Label

You can only connect if your URL specifies a Host Name listed in this table. That means your naming services etc. must be setup to route to the host names listed in this table.

When you install WAS 3.0.x on NT4.0 by default it installs one Host Name, the actual IP domain name of the host box. After installation you can set up this table to allow connections using any host names, but you must configure your network to correctly route packets for each listed host name.

So, if you installed WAS 3.0.x on an NT4.0 box called mybox.mygroup.mycompany, and that is the only Host Name listed, you must specify this as the host when you connect.

I think I'm repeating myself so I'll stop here.

Don Holliday

In article <35F57957.BAE92926_at_post3.tele.dk>,   ellebaek-consulting_at_post3.tele.dk wrote:
> Remember to specify the exact same server name in the URL as you did when you
> installed OWAS, all domain names should be included.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Finn
>
> Martin Brown wrote:
> >
> > I have installed Web Application Server v3.0.1 on Windows NT v4 (SP 3). It
> > appears
> > to work fine when using the default Internet Explorer v2 on the server and
> > the web
> > listerners on ports 80 and 8888 work.
> >
> > However, when I use another web browser (e.g. Netscape 3 or IE 3) I get the
> > following message:
> >
> > The request did not specify a valid virtual host.
> >
> > If I change the listener to Microsoft Internet Server, these browsers work
> > OK so the problem
> > must be with the Oracle Listerners/NT configuration.
> >
> > Oracle support did not seem to know how to resolve it but it must be a
> > common problem - we
> > have not done anything very exciting.
> >
> > If anyone can help me with this one I would be really grateful as I have
> > already wasted 3 days
> > on the problem and cannot facing installing web server for the nth time !!
> >
> > Cheers - Martin Brown
>
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