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<div>I think my original email on this may have come through
with some unintended formatting which obscured my basic question: Does
Rev use a secure protocol to transmit data to and from a mySQL server,
or do I need to make special security arrangements through other means
such as a VPN?</div>
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<div>Thanks!</div>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>I'm starting a project involving Rev
1.1.1r2 as a GUI front end to a mySQL database which needs to work for
remote users across the Internet. I'm currently at the proof of
concept stage, and need to know whether this kind of connection can be
handled securely by Rev.</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>The mySQL security guidelines<font
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http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/General_security.html strongly recommend
against sending clear text across the Internet:</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Lucida Grande" size="-4"
color="#000000">"# Do not transmit plain (unencrypted) data over
the Internet. These data are accessible to everyone who has the time
and ability to intercept it and use it for their own purposes.
Instead, use an encrypted protocol such as SSL or SSH. MySQL supports
internal SSL connections as of Version 4.0.0. SSH port-forwarding can
be used to create an encrypted (and compressed) tunnel for the
communication."</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Lucida Grande" size="-4"
color="#000000">Does Rev use a secure protocol to send and receive
data from a mySQL server?</font></blockquote>
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color="#000000"><br></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Lucida Grande" size="-4"
color="#000000">Thanks!</font></blockquote>
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