Douglas McNaught <doug@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > You could also enforce use of the > private network (in both cases) by use of firewall rules. I think the real point here is that any additional security you gain comes from having the physically separate wire. It's foolish to suppose that using a nonstandard protocol over that wire is going to buy anything. So there's no point in going through a lot of pushups to substitute something else for TCP/IP. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend