Of course you can connect to a datasource behind a firewall -- you just have to setup the firewall properly. Using NAT may or may not work, that really depends on whether or not the DB driver you're using puts any IP info inside the sending or returning data. A "proxy" server has to understand the actual data being passed through at a high level to inspect it for validity -- which I can't imagine would work well for a DB connection. You've got a fair amount of overhead there.
So in short, yes you can connect to a DB even if it's behind a firewall. But you have to know what you're doing with firewalls and networks. Perhaps giving more details regarding your network setup, firewall appliances/software, etc would be helpful but it's really not a ColdFusion question at that point and should probably be taken to a list where such issues are discussed. Justin Buist On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 08:03:36AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > We would be using Oracle and SQL Server datasources. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Woods [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 4:22 AM > To: CF-Server > Subject: Re: Cold Fusion and Firewalls > > At 07:44 PM 11/14/2001, you wrote: > >Can ColdFusion be set up to connect to data through a firewall? > >Or is it better to use a proxy server or some other system to protect > >internal data from the web? > > Connect to what data? Using what method; datastore query, http, ftp etc.? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body or visit the list page at www.houseoffusion.com
