David Emerson
davide at dalyn.co.nz
Mon Nov 3 17:39:06 CST 2003
At 3/11/2003, you wrote: >David, > >> internet synchronization doesn't work with firewalls etc << > >Interesting. So putting an Access BE up on a web host would pretty much >put it out of reach since the web host is bound to have a router, right? No - there is a different between using Access as a BE for a web FE (ASP/HTML etc), and using internet synchronization. Internet synchronization just uses the internet connection to access the BE direct. This means that the computer hosting the BE needs to be accessible via the internet. But because firewalls upset the synchronizer, you can't protect your server. One company I worked with ended up with a $5000 bill when hackers got into their server and used it to transfer their files - this was only within a month! Ouch. If you are interested there a white paper specifically on internet synchronization but because of its limitations it is only of academic interest. Regards David Emerson Dalyn Software Ltd 25 Cunliffe St, Johnsonville Wellington, New Zealand Ph/Fax (877) 456-1205