DJ> On 2002.04.17 11:23:22 -0400 Rick Fincher wrote:

>> Hi All,
>>
>> Does the type 4 JDBC driver encrypt?

DJ> No

>>
>> I know that the Interclient JDBC driver does,

DJ> Interesting.  I don't know that, and really doubt it, especially between
DJ> interserver and interbase.  I certainly never saw any encryption code.

Yes it does, but only when connecting.

DJ> but I haven't seen that

>> mentioned in reference to the type 4 driver.

DJ> Would require adding ssl support to the server.  I suggest not running the
DJ> driver on an insecure network.

I'm using SSH port forwarding. (the interbase port is disabled by a
packet filter from outer world) Maybe you or Roman wrote is not
recommended to use port forwarding. Is there any reason to not to do
that?

Best wishes,
daniel