> -----Original Message-----
> After installing Firebird 1.5.2.4731, when I ran my program, their
> firewall software came up saying it was trying to access the
> internet. I
> was connecting via localhost:c:\mydir\mydatabase.fdb, so I
> don't see why
> that would trigger the internet warning. Does fbserver.exe access the
> internet for any other reasons?

Try binding FB to localhost, by default it binds to all ip addresses
allocated to the computer. To bind to single ip open firebird.conf find
this line

#RemoteBindAddress =

And change to

RemoteBindAddress = 127.0.0.1

I havn't tried this scenario to stop network access but it might work.

rgds

Si Carter
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