[opencms-dev] MySQL, OpenCms and a 3Com Superstack firewall

[Corbey, Clayton]

Help, my firewall hates mysql.
 
I've installed OpenCms on our production server in the DMZ and the new
database was created inside our network on the LAN. I've entered the
rules on the firewall to allow port 3306 TCP and UDP to be open from the
DMZ (the OpenCms app) to the MySQL 4.1.14 DB. I've confirmed it's open
with 'telnet DB_SERVER 3306'.
 
I fired up Tomcat, and everything worked great. Ran setup, configured
the server, displayed our website and was proud!
 
Now, after about 10 or 20 minutes or so of inactivity, I can't connect;
not to the website OR the admin area of OpenCms. No errors at all.
Nothing, absolutely nothing. I've done 'tcpdump port 3306' on both ends
and the request is being sent from the CMS server in the DMZ, but not
received by the DB server on the inside. I know this means that the
connection has been lost (ie firewall is eating the request up. Netstat
says that I'm still connected, but I'm not so sure. I know Tomcat is
fine, b/c I can go other web shares on the server.
 
Why would everything work initially but after a period of inactivity it
fails with NO ERROR!??!?!?!?!
WHAT CAN I DO????!?!??!
 
Somebody help.
 
-Clayton
 

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