[6664] in www-talk@info.cern.ch
Re: News Group Access
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (michael shiplett)
Wed Nov 16 17:59:03 1994
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 1994 23:08:14 +0100
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From: michael shiplett <michael.shiplett@umich.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list <www-talk@www0.cern.ch>
"jp" == James Pitkow writes:
jp> We are converting our Wang system to Oracle running under HP9000.
jp> We are procuring a Sun Sparc 20 as our "Web Server" (Currently
jp> running Linux). I would like to know what exactly I need to
jp> purchase for the Sun that will allow my Mosaic clients access to
jp> our Oracle Database on the HP9000 using the Sun as a gateway. I
jp> called Oracle and they gave me a $30k quote... but they didn't
jp> know what the minimum config requirement is to do this. Perhaps
jp> someone can help?
"jt" == James Taylor <james.taylor@srs.gov> writes:
jt> If I understand what you are asking, the Sun will need SQL*net
jt> and, in our case, Pro*C to allow you to write cgi scripts. With
jt> Pro*C you will be able to use embedded SQL or (my favorite)
jt> oraperl.
If you're relying on SQL*net security for access to the database,
you may want to make sure no one can listen in on the Oracle<->web
server connection--unless you want users to change information for
each other.
Our web->Oracle interface runs over a DES-encrypted connection using
RPCs to allow updates and queries of the database. The http
client-server connection is also encrypted using the Kerberos4 patches
for lynx & NCSA mosaic.
michael
