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Michael Stadler
25-Aug-2005, 04:28 AM
Hello,

We want to use the WebApp-Server for presenting normal VDF11
Applications in the Internet.
So we planned to put the Web-Server in the DMZ. But when configured
WebApp-Server there were no possibility to host the Files in Apphtml
only. We always have to register the Workspace and connect the
Data-Files with a shared folder on the database-server. Is there a way
to connect the database-server with its ip-address and a specitifc port?
Because we think a shared folder through the firewall is not secure enough.

Greetings from Germany

Marco
28-Aug-2005, 07:02 PM
Michael,

What you are looking for is the WebApp Enterprize edition. It
basically splits the IIS function of a webapp from the WebApp.exe part
of a WebApp.

You'll have the following layout:


Internet
------------firewal---------
DMZ WebApp Internet Server
------------firewal---------
LAN WebApp Enterprize server
.dat files etc

In other words, you have indeed one secure port between IIS in the DMZ
and your data and webapp.exe in your LAN.

Cheers,
Marco



On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 11:28:29 +0200, Michael Stadler
<michael.stadler@comformatik.com> wrote:

>Hello,
>
>We want to use the WebApp-Server for presenting normal VDF11
>Applications in the Internet.
>So we planned to put the Web-Server in the DMZ. But when configured
>WebApp-Server there were no possibility to host the Files in Apphtml
>only. We always have to register the Workspace and connect the
>Data-Files with a shared folder on the database-server. Is there a way
>to connect the database-server with its ip-address and a specitifc port?
>Because we think a shared folder through the firewall is not secure enough.
>
>Greetings from Germany

Nick Wright
28-Aug-2005, 10:16 PM
We have basically done what Marco suggested in a DIY configuration which is
much cheaper.

Place your webapp server inside the firewall, buffer it with a proxy server,
in our case the proxy server is Linux based.

Nick



"Michael Stadler" <michael.stadler@comformatik.com> wrote in message
news:pFshbdVqFHA.1284@dacmail.dataaccess.com...
> Hello,
>
> We want to use the WebApp-Server for presenting normal VDF11 Applications
> in the Internet.
> So we planned to put the Web-Server in the DMZ. But when configured
> WebApp-Server there were no possibility to host the Files in Apphtml only.
> We always have to register the Workspace and connect the Data-Files with a
> shared folder on the database-server. Is there a way to connect the
> database-server with its ip-address and a specitifc port?
> Because we think a shared folder through the firewall is not secure
> enough.
>
> Greetings from Germany