Arup Nanda On Building
Firewalls Using Oracle Net
"Using a firewall to
protect a server, and not
just a database server, is
not a new concept and has
been around for a while.
However, a firewall may be
overkill in some cases. Even
if a firewall is desirable,
it may still have to be
configured and deployed
properly. The complexity in
administering a firewall,
not to mention the cost to
acquire one, may be
prohibitive."
writes
Arup Nanda in
this dbazine.com article.
"If the threat level can
be reduced by proper
positioning of existing
firewalls, the functionality
of additional ones can be
created by a tool available
free with Oracle Net, Node
Validation. In this article,
you will learn how to build
a rudimentary, but
effective, firewall-like
setup with just Oracle Net,
and nothing else."
