Do you protect your databases?
Posted by Cantu on 14 Nov 2007 8:00 pm. Filed under Worth Reading.
Hacker finds 492,000 unprotected Oracle, SQL database servers
You can protect your Firebird server by blocking (Firewall) internet access to port 3050 in your database server. Changing the Firebird port to other than the default one may also help to difficult attacks.
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On November 15th, 2007 at 4:45 am
“You can protect your Firebird server by blocking (Firewall) internet access to port 3050 in your database server. ”
unless your clients need to access the database directly, right?
On November 15th, 2007 at 8:43 am
you can create an ssh tunnel or use ssh vpn
another alternative is to use stunnel
http://www.geocities.com/firebird_tut/files/Secure_connections_to_Firebird_with_Stunnel.pdf