ODBC is acronym for Open Database Connectivity a software API - interface between the database and the software system, which can be then implemented against ODBC and thus independent of used operation system and/or database.
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How is an ODBC connection encrypted?
Most conversations about ODBC are Microsoft centric, but the protocol is often used in heterogeneous environements, such as a Windows client connecting to a database on an *nix server. While my question is open ended, I'm most interested in the…
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How do you lock down a users access to ODBC settings in Windows 10?
I was working with a users computer yesterday because they complained that an MS-Access Database they were using said that an ODBC datasource was not accessible.
I went to change the settings on the ODBC data source (which was under the systems tab)…
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How secure is it to use ODBC Driver with SSL
When Connecting from clients (such as Windows) to remote databases such as (MS-SQL Server), it is usually advised that this connection be via a service that runs on the database server.
It is possible to establish such connection without a service…
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