I don't know. After hearing the explanation, it very well may be. Our network guy is out (honeymoon). And my experience w/ VPN is slim. For some reason I never considered it to be "just another protocol" but rather to be a magical way that I could just appear to be on the local net to all these machines.
I'll suggest the ssh tunnelling option. Todd Boss (sorry, I sometimes get colloquial and just sign my last name) > > Boss > Is this a firewall issue? > > Dennis Williams > DBA > Lifetouch, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 10:45 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > I can tell you right now, i'm VPN'd to a client overseas and have > NOT been able to get OCI to work over the protocol. I can telnet/ssh > to the machine where the Oracle server runs (its Solaris) and work > via a sql*plus window, but nothing runs locally (i.e., Toad or windows > version of sql*plus connected to the remote server). > > If there's some secret to making OCI work over VPN, we were not able > to find it. > > boss > > > > > We are an Application Service Provider--we maintain a set of servers in > > a colocation facility and our customers use our application via the > > Web. Security is a paramount concern, of course, and only our Web > > server has a public IP address, with the application and database > > servers completely private. > > > > We supply a number of standard reports, but most of our customers want > > some custom reports as well. We would like to give them access to our > > database, possibly over a VPN, but only if security can be maintained. > > I'd like to know if anyone has faced such a situation, and what kind of > > configuration (network/firewall/VPN/Oracle Net) might make such access > > possible. > > > > TIA, > > > > > > > > ===== > > Paul Baumgartel > > Transcentive, Inc. > > www.transcentive.com > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search > > http://shopping.yahoo.com > > -- > > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > > -- > > Author: Paul Baumgartel > > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > > > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: Todd Boss > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: DENNIS WILLIAMS > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Todd Boss INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
