Oracle Firewall?

Question

What does Oracle recommend for an enterprise type firewall?
I can understand they have a their own firewall for the database but what about all other security solutions do they recommend say Barracuda or SonicWall etc etc. Anyone know what Oracle uses for a firewall themselves?

Answer 1

Network firewalls play an important role today in protecting data centers from unauthorized, external access. Data center attacks, however, have grown increasingly sophisticated, by-passing perimeter security, taking advantage of trusted middle tiers, and even masquerading as privileged insiders. As a result, enforcing security controls around the database has become critical. Oracle Database Firewall creates a defensive inner-perimeter that monitors and enforces normal application behavior, helping prevent SQL injection, application bypass, and other malicious activity from reaching the database.