I am just starting to set up EDB for WAN working of some staff.

I am planning to do it using Replication, but I am also planning to have a "repository" of
the DB on our web-server as a back up.

I don't plan to access the web repository actively ... it will basically be a back up.
However, it still needs to be secure.

I can see useful posts on this site on security & EDB & It seems very possible to harden
its security for such use, but is there anywhere a unified resource / document about
how-to maximize security, so I don't miss something important?

In the on-line help I see sections about management of the Server etc., but I don't thin
these really tell the whole story of security issues.

Adam Brett

Adam,

<< I can see useful posts on this site on security & EDB & It seems very
possible to harden its security for such use, but is there anywhere a
unified resource / document about how-to maximize security, so I don't miss
something important? >>

The main thing to worry about in terms of security over a WAN is whether or
not to use encrypted sessions.  Do you plan on using a VPN, or just
straight-up direct Internet connections ?  If the latter, then make sure
that you set the TEDBSession.RemoteCompression property to 6 and, if you
want encrypted sessions, the TEDBSession.RemoteEncryption property to True.

--
Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com

>Do you plan on using a VPN, or just
>straight-up direct Internet connections ?

... I could go either way to be honest. My first try will be VPN, but I have a second set
of applications which could benefit massively from internet based db access ... they will
come later.

Hi Adam,

   Not sure if these are what you are looking for in one form or another but you
might look at

www.wissh.com

and/or

https://secure.logmein.com/products/hamachi/vpn.asp



Regards,

Ian

These look very interesting, thank you. I have also seen and used a similar product
"GoToMyPC" which is excellent and (I think) similar.

However, I am trying to do something a bit different from this.

Adam