In our case, we require that our clients provide us with secure VPN access to their network. All of our development and support is done across this vpn connection and NOT to port open to the internet. Once our application is installed within their network access to their self-hosted SQL is already available. We never ask them to expose their SQL server directly to the internet.
Paul H. Tarver Tarver Program Consultants, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Alan Bourke Sent: Friday, February 12, 2021 3:19 AM To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: sql server connection Have you considered the firewall port requirements involved for your clients in the generally inadvisable process of exposing a SQL Server directly to the internet? -- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: https://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: https://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: https://leafe.com/archives This message: https://leafe.com/archives/byMID/002d01d70155$6473d640$2d5b82c0$@tpcqpc.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.