Oracle Forms 10g on the Internet.

Hello
I currently have an Oracle Forms Application, called JTT running on my company LAN, it comprises
Oracle Database 10.2.0.4.0 on Windows Server 2008,
OAS 10.1.2.0.3 on Windows Server 2003
Oracle Forms and Reports 10g
We would like to create a new architecture matching our own, on an externally hosted server through which our customers can access a production version of the Application JTT_Live. The application is complex and cannot be rebuilt in ADF or Apex.
I have the following questions, running this application on the internet is it
a) Secure? What additional security measures would I need to examine, or does the OAS handle all that. Should it be https
b) Will the forms,reports be rendered quickly enough and navigation be adequate if bandwidth is optimized?
I know Oracle Forms and reports are primarily designed for LAN but our customer needs an external hosting solution, we cannot rebuild JTT as it has 10years of development behind it. Any links to documentation for OAS and Database setup and configuration for Internet access would be very helpful.
Or should I just forget about this as a possible offering to my new customers?
Thanks

As with any application deployed to the internet, security is one of your top most concerns. How you deploy the application depends on how your application is going to be used and how many concurrent users you expect to have. If you will have a high rate of concurrent users, VPN may not be the best option because your VPN server will become a potential bottle-neck. If your VPN server can handle the number of potential users then you might be OK. If you don't use VPN, then you definately will want to use HTTPS. Additionally, you will want to always run the most current version of the 10g software stack to ensure you have the latest security patches, etc. This will be a problem with 10g because support for this release ends in December 2011. Consequently, you would want to upgrade our application to Oracle Fusion Middleware (FMw) 11g R2 to ensure your application is supported and has all the latest security patches. If upgrading to 11g is not an option yet, then you may want to stick to a VPN solution and beef up your VPN server to handle the increase in users.
By the way, I've worked on a Forms Application that was deployed to the open internet in the past. We used SSL and HTTPs to ensure the security of the connection and we implemented complex password rules to make it harder to Brute-Force hack a user's password. Unfortunately, Forms 10g does not support case-sensative passwords so if you want or need to support case-sensative passwords you will have to upgrade to FMw 11g with an 11g RDBMS. As to performance, we didn't have a huge user base (less than 1000 field users) so performance was good. If you will have a large user base, you will need to ensure your Technology Stack (DB, App, Infrastructure servers) can handle the work load.
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