Re: Should I place the WEBDB in front or behind of the firewall?

Behind gives more security: since the server wich is running the webdblistener uses sqlnet or net8 towards your database, any user that can take possesion of the webdblisterner-server, can connect via this machine to your database.
So if you place that server behind your firewall and only open the webdblistener-port for the ipadress of the server, you'll have less chance to have unwanted visitors on your database. Even more: if your database containing the table-data is on the same server you MUST place it behind the firewall, users having a sqlnet or net8 client can acces your database directly in that case.

And an even better solution is to use ssl. (Therefore you need webdb 2.2 + oracle application server 4.0.8).

sheeta <sheeta_laputa_at_yahoo.com> schreef in berichtnieuws 3869c89a_at_news02.imsbiz.com...
> Hi all,
> I am wondering should I place the WEBDB in front or behind of the
firewall??
> Since the WEBDB is a "Web-enabled" Oracle database. So, is there any
chance
> that unauthorized people can take advantage of it to access our confident
> data???
>
> Therefore, I am looking for secuirty solution to prohibit unauthorized
> access.
>
> Thank you for any help...
>
> Sheeta
>
>
>
Received on Thu Dec 30 1999 - 19:55:27 CET