Hi Bernard,

Yes, you can set up an IP tunnel for any port with SSH, or other tunnelling
programs.

Another popular tunneling program is ZeBeDee. See
http://www.ibphoenix.com/a471.htm for more information and examples of a
secure Firebird setup with ZeBeDee.

Rick

----- Original Message -----
Subject: [Firebird-Java] Re: persistent connections


> Thanks Rick, that's really good to know. That has really given me the
> incentive to transition my code into Java and start to use a servlet
> rather than a (kind of) CGI approach. Now all I need to find out is
> if I can forward the JDBC calls on port 3050 through SSH. I'm
> currently using a database that is housed on the web server, but wish
> to move to using a remote server and the privacy of the data is also a
> concern.
>
> Regards,
>
> Bernard
>
> --- In Firebird-Java@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Fincher" <rnf@t...> wrote:
> > Hi Bernard,
> >
> > Very little bandwidth is used.
>
>