From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 23 17:18:59 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB7E21065676 for ; Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:18:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net) Received: from mail.rachie.is-a-geek.net (rachie.is-a-geek.net [66.230.99.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BADAE8FC0A for ; Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:18:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net) Received: from localhost (mail.rachie.is-a-geek.net [192.168.2.101]) by mail.rachie.is-a-geek.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B37C5AFBC01; Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:18:58 -0800 (AKDT) From: Mel To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:16:28 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <8B945891-5F96-4FBF-8175-15F67F03DD92@identry.com> In-Reply-To: <8B945891-5F96-4FBF-8175-15F67F03DD92@identry.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200809231916.28619.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> Cc: John Almberg Subject: Re: mysql connection through ssl tunnel X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:19:00 -0000 On Tuesday 23 September 2008 15:54:10 John Almberg wrote: > I have two FreeBSD machines. One is a application server, the other a > database server running mysql. These machines are in two different > locations. I'd like to allow the application server to access mysql > through an SSH tunnel. > Any recommendations, much appreciated. You can use Vince's suggestion, or simply use SSL connections to the mysql server. Each have their own pros and cons. -- Mel Problem with today's modular software: they start with the modules and never get to the software part.