From: "Mark Rotteveel" <Avalanche1979@...>

>
>> The problem comes with my instructions for opening ports in the
>> firewall, editing the RemoteAuxPort line in Firebird.conf, and editing
>> each
>> client's hosts file to add the server.
>
> Why use the hosts file, and not a DNS server? That would greatly reduce
> the maintenance.
>

Many people may be more familiar, or feel more comfortable maintaining a
hosts file. In my case, I built a small unit that more or less simulates a
hosts file for my customers.

Basically, the first time any of my programs are run, or during
installation, it searches for the existing hosts file in windows directories
and copies it to the user's personal directory. I do this since many users
don't have security access to change the file in a system directory. The
unit can display an easy to use form that let's them modify hosts from the
copy and the program uses that copy to do any lookups it might need for
connections to the FB server(s).

This method works very well and also allows me to add entries automatically
through my install programs without worrying about user rights or
experience. Of course, the host information is only used by my own programs
but that isn't a problem in most cases.

Woody (TMW)