Re: SQL*Net connection thru a firewall

From: Phil Herring <revdoc_at_uow.edu.au>
Date: 1997/10/09
Message-ID: <61jo77$ajp$1@wyrm.its.uow.edu.au>#1/1

In article <01bcd3fc$32de9ac0$64d91ba1_at_Vturchetti_ptb.infostrada.it> Vittorio Turchetti, vturchetti_at_infostrada.it writes:
>Have you any advice or warning about building applications connecting to an
>Oracle database through a firewall?

Assuming that you're using SQL*Net, you'll need firewall software that understands that protocol, because only the initial connection request goes to the listener port - all subsequent traffic uses an arbitrary port number. There are a number of commercial firewalls that handle this situation.

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Received on Thu Oct 09 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT