I use putty: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/
This software has a local tunnel feature so I can tunnel port 3306 requests on the local machine through the ssh port and back to 3306 on the remote machine. This isn't ssl, but it answers your problem. Of course sshd must be running on the solaris machine. This enables me to run a sql gui (mysqlmanager or whatever or Access I suppose) securely. Do you have to use access? I like mysqlmanager which even has a graphical query builder (which I've never used I must concede). Then, you wouldn't have the whole extra problem of running access on somebody's misconfigured (they always are) win9x machine. -----Original Message----- From: Chuck Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 10:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: How to use SSL on Win2000 client? We have Solaris 2.8 running Mysql 3.23.49. We are building a database with an Access 2002 front end on Win98/95 or Win2000, which would run over the internet. My problem is, how do we encrypt the communications between the front-end and the back-end (mysql)? Mysql supports SSl but Access does not. However, Win2000 supports IPSec, and it appears Solaris has a command called "ipsec". Does anyone know how to set these up? And how can I verify the communications are being encrypted? I have a sniffer from Analogx.com. And now for the curveball. Our customers will not have Win2000, but will have Win98/95. What are my client options for Win95/98? Thanks. p.s. I'm open to any other encryption options which are set up once, then you forget about it. I've heard about using a Virtual Private Network and maybe ipsec, which is supported both in Win2000 and Solaris 2.8. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
