Együd Csaba <csegyud@xxxxxxx> writes: > Hi, > we plan to make available our database from the internet (direct tcp/ip > based connections). We want to make it as secure as possible. There are a > few users who could access the database, but we want to block any other > users to access. Honestly, I wouldn't do it this way unless I had no alternative. I'd build a middle-tier application layer that takes requests from the clients (via raw sockets, XML-RPC or whatever) and then translates those calls into SQL queries. It just gives you a lot more control over what queries hit your system. -Doug ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster