<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra">Use a socket to connect, and make it encrypted. Or ssl ... it can work on any port, not just 443.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><a href="https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189067(v=sql.105).aspx">https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189067(v=sql.105).aspx</a><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Or you could use ssh.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><a href="http://www.firebirdfaq.org/faq113/">http://www.firebirdfaq.org/faq113/</a><br></div></div>