Personally I'd never suggest putting a firewall between the apps and databases. You are just asking for trouble (and latency). That being said, you may ask the security team to review the rule-base and see if they would be willing to place the rules governing your data flows towards the top of the configuration. Most firewalls use a top-down approach for rule matching and having your rules at the top means they get processed a little faster. This may help, and it may not. Unless you can somehow influence the architecture you are at their mercy.
.: Mike T :. From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Koyb P. Liabt Sent: Friday, November 01, 2013 1:52 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Firewall AR System / DB ** Hi, Does anyone have experience with having a firewall between the AR Server and the database? What are your thoughts with this architecture? Do businesses set up Remedy with a firewall between the AR Server and the database. Our company says it's for security purposes. We are having performance issues - however our company says it is not due to our architecture. _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years"
