Re: Question: traversing a firewall with Oracle 9i R2.

dwhittier_at_shaw.ca (Doug Whittier) wrote in message news:<fe1f89a3.0403301650.49179e52_at_posting.google.com>...
> Hi, all.
>
> I'm reasonably versed in network issues, but am fairly new to Oracle.
>
> I am attempting to configure a connection over two firewalls, allowing
> client communication to my 9i database server (NOT Forms).
>
> I am addressing this connection problem one firewall at a time, and
> have placed a client outside the firewall that is nearest to the
> database server. I believe that the firewall which would be closest to
> the client machines is running SQLNet Proxy, but I'm not really sure
> yet. First things first.
>
> I have opened up port 1521 between the client (external) and server
> (internal)IP Addresses.

Hi Doug,

why not just create ssh tunnels to pass the sqlnet traffic ? It's - in my opinion - easier than connection manager and safer since you don't need to open additional ports, next to the ssh port (22).

regards,
Ronald.