[Bryan Thatcher]

My host only accepts localhost connection. I'm looking for a simple free/cheap tunneling solution. I don't believe SSH is an option either. What would you recommend? Thanks.

[E-Oreo]

Why is SSH not an option?

Are you using MySql or MsSql?

[r937]

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[Bryan Thatcher]

Originally Posted by E-Oreo

Why is SSH not an option?

Are you using MySql or MsSql?

To be honest, i'm not sure it isn't. Looking through the MySQL properties page on my host, I thought I saw 'SSH -> No' or something. Also, I don't know a lot about it, but I need to deploy this to users in my company. I'm developing in C#, the examples I have looked at have an interface. I need to seamlessly connect. Would SSH work for this? Thanks.

[E-Oreo]

Looking through the MySQL properties page on my host, I thought I saw 'SSH -> No' or something.

SSH and MySQL are totally separate, there is no integration between them. MySQL has no built in tunnel capability, it doesn't really make sense for it to because you can just configure it to accept remote connections directly.

My host only accepts localhost connection.

If you don't have the ability to change this on your server then it's not likely that you'll have the ability to set up a new tunneling solution either, so you would have to go with one already provided by your host.

There are security advantages to connecting over a tunnel instead of directly connecting remotely though.

I'm developing in C#, the examples I have looked at have an interface. I need to seamlessly connect. Would SSH work for this?

I don't really have any idea on that, you would have to ask someone who programs in C#. To use SSH, you need to install an SSH server (program) on the MySQL server (hardware) (assuming it doesn't already have one). Port forwarding also has to be enabled in the SSH server config, but I believe most Linux variants have this turned on by default. On the client side you then have to open an SSH connection with port forwarding turned on for your MySQL port. On Windows this would normally be done using a client like Putty. Theoretically your C# could do it instead, but you would need to find libraries for doing this, because rolling your own low level code for it would take forever. Your C# also might be able to invoke a third party binary to establish the connection instead. Once the tunnel is established, you could connect through it from your C# code just like you would connect to a normal MySQL server.