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Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 2:08 PM
Subject: [ib-support] Remote access to IB/FB


> Hi,
> does anyone experience with connecting the IB/FB server through internet ?
Is is so simple that I only
> correctly set up the connection string like 'ipaddress:c:\data\mydb.gdb'
and connect?
Yes, it's that simple.

> I case of firewall there should not be restricted access via port 3050 I
guess.
Yes (if you are using Interclient there is also another port but I don't
remember the port number)

> What about security. The server is running W2000.
Open just that port and close everything else. Security is done just for as
in local network: using FB users.

> I suppose the data are not encrypted when sending then over the net...
No. But this is an 'open feature' to be implemented in Firebird. I would
like also some kind of compression over the net, but this is not a 'open
feature'. (Sean, are you reading this? Compression is a must on slow
connections, and I think it's easy to implement if we are going to implement
encryption!).

> Too many questions, I appreciate any response to any of them :}
Feel free to ask. You can always work with something like Asta to improve
performance and have encryption on the way.