FIREWALLS and information transfer

[Mike Best]

Simply put, i'm looking for an easy, secure, maintainable way to transfer information to/from a website through a FIREWALL. More specifically I want to update records in SQL Server and an MPE Allbase database that reside inside a FIREWALL. Currently I have a TCP/IP object in Visual Basic sending information to a datagate client inside the FIREWALL that converts the information, and accesses the database. I want to simply this, and open an ADO object from the web site through the FIREWALL and update the datasource directly. Is this possible? Are there other, easier ways?

Thanks in advance.

[Shannon Petry]

Not that I have seen....You really have 2 options...
1. Put DBASE in DMZ or WWW on DMZ for input, transfer data from www to internal Dbase or dbase in DMZ...
2. Keep doing what your doing...


most facilities use a www server with DBI to an internal machine...and a secure channel to transfer data from www->DB

this may not be abailable for your needs, cuz I am not sure if your doing this from www...

If not, you have a direct pipe from the outside through the firewall, and build our own secure channel..

Since it really depends on what your applications are, and how you are accessing them, you may look at a combination citrix or netscape portal server, and secure remote (checkpoint) solution..

Regards,
Shannon