Re: secure ODBC connection

Simple way of doing this with almost anything, is to use SSH
- Install SSH on the DB machine
- Install an SSH client on Windows (lots of GUI versions, but there is a
command line one that comes with Cywin.)
- Using the SSH client, log onto the db machine, and forward the db port to
a port on localhost.
    Using ssh.exe from cygwin like this:
    =============DOS PROMPT==============
    C:\>ssh -L 80:192.168.0.254:80 -l root -T 192.168.0.254
    root@192.168.0.254's password:
    stdin: is not a tty
    exit
    'dumb': unknown terminal type.
    Waiting for forwarded connections to terminate...
    The following connections are open:
      #0 listen port 80 for 192.168.0.254 port 80, connect from 127.0.0.1 port
    1987
    (t4 r1 i1/0 o16/0 fd 4/4)
    =============END PROMPT==============
The above example forwards port 80 to localhost port 80, and specifies that
no actual terminal session be started on the server you've logged onto
(forward port only)

- Setup you programs on the windows machine to connect to localhost via ODBC
settings.

Regards,
Mathew
ps - I use Win2k, and have not found an SSH client by default

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-odbc-owner@postgresql.org
> [mailto:pgsql-odbc-owner@postgresql.org]On Behalf Of Mister ics
> Sent: Thursday, 13 September 2001 1:39 PM
> To: pgsql-odbc@postgresql.org
> Subject: [ODBC] secure ODBC connection
>
>
> Hi,
>
> <<Sorry for partially O.T. >>
>
> is there a way to tunnel a win'98 ODBC connection into a ssh connection ?
> Tunnelling a TCP/IP connection in a ssh stream is a good and
> simple way to
> obtain acceptable levels of security in client-server applications.
> Unfortunately i've not found a way to do it on Win'95-98 boxes.
> I heared ssh tunnelling is supported at o.s.-level in win2000.