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External IP Address

If your Siebel Wireless applications are accessed through external wireless gateway servers outside of your network firewall, you must establish an external IP address to facilitate such external access. This external IP address can be filtered to allow only certain originating IP addresses, protocols, and ports to enter the enterprise's router, if desired for security purposes.

Typically, required access to Siebel Wireless applications may be granted by opening only Port 80 in your firewall. For increased security, it is recommended that you create an IP Allow filter for your firewall. This filter should only allow incoming traffic through HTTP Port 80 from the originating IP address of the carrier's wireless gateway to the destination external IP address of your enterprise Web server. Contact your network administrator and your IT security department for more information. Contact your wireless Internet service provider for information on the ports that they require to be exposed to interact with Siebel Wireless applications.

When Siebel Wireless renders Siebel content in WML, a wireless gateway server is necessary to translate data from the Internet protocol (HTTP) to the wireless application protocol (WAP). For a general discussion of WAP server deployment options, see WAP Server Deployment Options.


 Siebel Wireless Administration Guide For Financial Services
 Published: 18 April 2003