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  • From: Michael Peppler <mpeppler AT peppler.org>
  • To: TDS Development Group <freetds AT franklin.metalab.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: encrypted passwords
  • Date: 12 Apr 2002 17:13:39 -0700


You can set up an ssh tunnel to do port forwarding as well as encryption
of the communication.

Michael

On Fri, 2002-04-12 at 17:08, Bradley Bell wrote:
> In that case, how does one set up secure communication between e.g. a web
> server and the sql server? Can something like stunnel be used?
>
> -brad
>
> On Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 08:00:07PM -0400, Brian Bruns wrote:
> >
> > Absolutely not, it is a clear text equivalent. You can look at
> > src/tds/login.c for the exact algorithm.
> >
> > On Fri, 12 Apr 2002, Bradley Bell wrote:
> >
> > > Hi, looking at the login packets at http://www.freetds.org/tds.html, I
> > > see
> > > that the 7.0 protocol appears to use encrypted passwords, and the other
> > > does
> > > not. How secure is this encryption? Is it perceived to be good enough
> > > to
> > > go out across an open network?
> > >
> > > -brad
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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