Thank you so much joe..
You have actually have been a great help...
Again thank you so much for your help,
Tom T
At 04:44 PM 9/21/2004, you wrote:
Thomas,
Because the db is lower than version 4 and doesn't support secure
connections, unless the db is on the same box as the web server, then
connec
On 21 Sep 2004 at 10:14, Thomas Trutt wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Ok i know this may be a simple question but i need a little help.
> I am writing a program in VB.net that uses MySQL as a backend. My net admin
> wants the log on to be encrypted??
>
> This is currently how i am connecting:
Thomas,
Because the db is lower than version 4 and doesn't support secure connections, unless
the db is on the same box as the web server, then connection strings are already being
passed between your web servers and the db accross the local network using clear text
and those connection string
you close the tunnel after you use it.
Paul
-Original Message-
From: Joe Audette [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 3:01 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Secure logon from VB.net
Thomas,
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/search.php?q=ssl&lang=en&charset
Hi Joe,
My understanding is, and please don't quite me on this one, is
that it is a shared server.. If i'm right the server that my db will be
running on also houses some large db's for our web services, here at
Cornell. The data I'm holding is actually very, very low security, its tick
Thomas,
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/search.php?q=ssl&lang=en&charset=iso-8859-1
It looks like SSL/SSH are only available as of MySQL 4 or higher.
Is your Net Admin really worried about eaves dropping of packets on the local network.
It must be very sensitive data. If you already have a MySQ
Thanks,
Actually it is the transmission connection string he is worried
about. I might have to go with an SSL connection and go from there.. The
problems being that I'm not sure what software i have available to me on
the server and what software i can add to the client machines..
this
You can connect securly using ssh and perform port forwarding through the
tunnel.
Paul
-Original Message-
From: Joe Audette [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 2:32 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Secure logon from VB.net
Thomas,
Are you sure that
Thomas,
Are you sure that encrypting the connection string is what your network admin means?
When I hear someone say they want the logon encrypted I would think they mean store
the password of a user encrypted in the db. That is, the application requires the user
to logon and user info is st
Hello all,
Ok i know this may be a simple question but i need a little help.
I am writing a program in VB.net that uses MySQL as a backend. My net admin
wants the log on to be encrypted??
This is currently how i am connecting:
Public LocalSYS As New OdbcConnection("DRIVER={MySQL ODBC
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