On Nov 16, 2006, at 1:36 PM, Carl Karsten wrote:
> A friend (Tim, who is bummed he missed the dabo talk) just found
> out he needs to
> connect to a client's Ms Sql server. fine, this will be the 3rd ms
> server he is
> connecting to from the same linux box. then they said something
> like "we force
> the link to be encrypted."
>
> Um, is that supported on the linux side? If so, how?
>
> and will it effect connections to MsSql that are not encrypted?
This is typically done via SSH tunneling. This uses SSH and port
forwarding in iptables to forward requests on port X on the client
through ssh to the server, where it is then forwarded to the original
port X. Google on 'ssh tunnel' for the syntax.
-- Ed Leafe
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