Re: PROTOCOL.ORA and validnode checking

Rene Pijlman wrote:
>
> Michelle Ly wrote:
> > We are trying to use validnode checking to restrict access to a specific
> > database instance to a selected group of IP addresses. We have looked at the
> > Oracle documentation CD that describes using PROTOCOL.ORA, but can not find
> > any examples/references for TCP/IP. Does anyone have any examples/references
> > that we can look at to help us?
>
> See the Oracle manual "Understanding SQL*Net", Release 2.2, Part No.
> A32090-1, page A-24.
>
> HTH,
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Try this in the protocol.ora file:

tcp.validnode_checking = yes
tcp.invited_nodes = (20.4.1.1,

                        20.4.1.2,
                        20.4.1.3,
                        20.4.1.4,
                        20.4.1.5)