[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> [snip]
> The protocol [Oracle] uses is such that when you
> wish to make a database connection, you connect to a given port and then
> oracle dynamcally creates a new port for you to connect to. A firewall that
> allowed you to connect to random ports would not be much of a firewall.
>
Are you sure that it actually uses a random port? I've always used
Oracle thin jdbc urls like "jdbc:oracle:thin:@machine:1521:orcl", which
indicates it should connect to port 1521 on machine, and ask the
listener for SID orcl. Are you saying that this port is only used for
setup, and then communication is done on some other random port?
I've never had a problem with connecting across the firewall from a
servlet here at work to Oracle instances on my home machine, assuming
that port 1521 was kept open. I assumed that the actual communication
was done over this port.
-Greg-
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