Re: - what protocol for an Internet postgres

Richard Welty wrote:
> On Wed, 14 May 2003 11:54:49 -0500 Fernando Flores Prior <fprior@tlaloc.imta.mx> wrote:
>
>>Now I have a better vision of what can be accomplished with the
>>options that you gave me.
>
>
>>At 12:37 p.m. 14/05/2003 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>>
>>>However, from a security standpoint I don't think there's any question
>>>that you want to use SSL encryption for any database connection that
>>>passes over the open Internet.  I seem to recall that the ODBC driver
>>>(still) doesn't support SSL --- if so, that would be reason enough not
>>>to use it.  Or to invest the effort to fix it.
>
>
> i just caught the end of this.
>
> if for some reason you need to use a driver that doesn't support SSL (say,
> the aforementioned ODBC driver) there may be tunneling options that can be
> made to work, using tools such as ssh, stunnel, or IPSec.
>
> those are really more network engineering/sysadmin things than postgresql
> things, and the appropriate method will vary depending on circumstances.

If I recall correctly, ComandPrompt Inc. (www.commandprompt.com) sells
an SSL-enabled ODBC driver. I've never used it though...

Mike Mascari
mascarm@mascari.com