Re: Crystal Reports/Oracle via Internet?

Is there any security concerns to put a db server on DMZ??

Turkbear <john.g_at_dot.spamfree.com> wrote:

>reijo_us_at_yahoo.com (Reijo) wrote:
>
>>Has anyone ever used Crystal Reports against an Oracle DB via the internet?
>>
>>Any idea how this might be accomplished if, say, the DB was located in a DMZ?
>>
>>Thank you.
>We do have a server set up for thus, but It is not easy to explain in a posting ; if you do a Google search in the oracle
>newsgroups for Firewall - or check the Oracle docs at http://tahiti.oracle.com
>
>
>It involves forcing the listener to use the same port for all communications( and then allowing that port through the
>firewall) rather than the default behavior of assigning a random port after the initial connect is made.
>
>hth,
>
Received on Tue Nov 18 2003 - 13:09:21 CST