Re: Seeking opinions on firewalls

I have run Oracle through a Raptor Firewall, and it always seemed to act a little "strange." Sporadic connection failures and the like. I contacted support for both Oracle and Symantec, and they just kept pointing their fingers at each other.

Of course it could have been my particular setup, but I probably wouldn't recommend using it. I have heard that Checkpoint does a pretty good job of passing Oracle data correctly.

JB

On Wed, 27 Feb 2002 01:39:36 -0000, "Richard Armstrong" <richard.armstrong_at_juno.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>Can anybody recommend a firewall that can be used with an Oracle database?
>I understand that because of the way Oracle uses port redirection, it is
>necessary for vendors to build Oracle supplied application proxy code into
>their products. The alternative seems to be to open a large number of ports
>for any clients that will need to use SQL*Net via the firewall.
>
>Any advice will be greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Richard
>
Received on Wed Feb 27 2002 - 04:47:42 CET