> I want to make database server with Interbase.
> I'm not yet choose method and technology used by this server.
> For first method , if it possible, i want to connect directly
> to the database via internet.

I have not done any internet-to-Interbase stuff so I cannot offer
direct advice. However I strongly suggest you look at some sort of
middleware solution, dont try to go directly to the IB server. I saw
mention of ASTA recently in this context but I imagine there are other
possibilities. I mention this primarily in regard to security, since
IMO IB security is not yet good enough.

I would also add that, in *some* circumstances, thin client solutions
(such as MS Terminal Services and MetaFrame) may be worth considering.
Allowing the application to be developed with minimal regard to
bandwidth and other environmental issues.

Geoff Worboys
Telesis Computing