Re: SQL*Net through a Firewall

Sys Admin wrote:
>
> We have a requirement to replicate a database through a firewall. I am
> assuming that if we can use DB_LINKS using SQL*Net through the firewall
> then Replication will also work (?).
>
> However, when we tested a SQL*Net connection through a firewall our
> comms guy said it spawned a lot of child processes which he was not
> happy with (they seemed to be within a large range which he said would
> be difficult to allow for).
>
> Has anyone done this successfully? The only documentation I have is an
> Oracle Whitepaper dated 1995 and Oracle Support said this is the latest
> one, which is surprising.
>
> Does anyone know of any decent up-to-date documentation on this? I
> suspect it is quite a common request these days.
>
> Thanks in Advance,
>
> Andy Horne

I have an interest in this question too. Is there any way to constrain/dictate the range of port numbers that are allocated?

Do you have a url for the whitepaper?

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Adrian Blakey
ajb_at_alameda.net