Re: [xmlblaster] firewall and nat

[Heinrich Götzger <Heinrich.Goetzger at exploding-systems.de>]

On Fri, 30 Jan 2004, meinrad.teufel at avitech-ag.com wrote:

> Hi,
> is it possible to connect an xmlBlaster (with ior-protocol), which is
> behind a firewall and if NAT is used?
> I know the problem is that the IOR-String contains the internal adress
> of the xmlBlaster  and so the client tries to communicate with a not
> accessible ip-adress.

Meinrad,

why don't you use SOCKET-Protocol, you may configure it to a well known
open port of your firewall.
BEsides, I think the SOCKET-Protocol is even faster than IOR-Protocol.

Port 80 i.e. should be open in most firewalls.

HTH

Heinrich


> I have found an entry in the jacorb.propertie file with:
> jacorb.ior_proxy_host=1.2.3.4
> Is this the right place to set the "external"  ip-adress?.
> Are there other points to consider?
>
> Regards
> Meinrad
>
>