Ideal column type for Binary Data ??

Hi there,
I must store binary data of fixed length (e.g. IP address of 4/16 bytes) into a table and manipulate that table over C++ / OCI.
The database server is running on either SUN/SPARC or LINUX/i86. The clients are running on a broad range of systems (NT/i86, LINUX/x86, SUN/SPARC, ..).
I am worried about the OCI layer modifying char/varchar values while transmission ...
Whats the best approach ??
Use CHAR/VARCHAR or use the variable length RAW even for fixed length binary data ??
Any help would be greatly appreciated,
Tobias
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I guess RAW is the best approach

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