Norton IS and TIBDatabase

[Omar Zelaya]

Hi,

I have just installed Norton Internet Security, and now that i run a app.
that i'm developing that uses TIBDatabase to connect to a database, NIS
display a high security risk dialog, that says that the App is attempting to
connect to a DNS server with remote Address 63.245.10.6 : 53 UDP protocol.

I now that TIBDatabase is producing this behaviour of NIS because the dialog
appears just after i set IBDatabase->Connecetd = true; (if i comment this
line everything is ok)

Why TIBDatabse needs to connect to this server?
How can i avoid this? because this will not look good to a final user using
NIS and my app, that NIS shows a high risk dialog cause of my app that has
nothign to do with the Internet.

Thanks.

[Wayne Niddery [TeamB]]

Post by Omar Zelaya
I have just installed Norton Internet Security, and now that i run a
app. that i'm developing that uses TIBDatabase to connect to a
database, NIS display a high security risk dialog, that says that the
App is attempting to connect to a DNS server with remote Address
63.245.10.6 : 53 UDP protocol.
Why TIBDatabse needs to connect to this server?

If the database you are attempting to connect to is remote (i.e. you are
using a remote address, whether or not the database is on one of your own
systems) and you are using a dns name, then presumably your system is set to
use this dns server to resolve that dns name to an ip address. Tracert shows
this IP as being ns.multidatahn.net, is this your ISP or the dns server you
have set up? If so then there is nothing wrong.

[Omar Zelaya]

You are right, thats the ip address is of my dns server(i knew it looked
familiar lol), my connection string of the databse is set to local
"127.0.0.1:C:\Database\DB.gdb", even with this type of connection string
TIBDatabase needs to connect to a dns server?

Thanks

Post by Wayne Niddery [TeamB]

Post by Omar Zelaya
I have just installed Norton Internet Security, and now that i run a
app. that i'm developing that uses TIBDatabase to connect to a
database, NIS display a high security risk dialog, that says that the
App is attempting to connect to a DNS server with remote Address
63.245.10.6 : 53 UDP protocol.
Why TIBDatabse needs to connect to this server?

If the database you are attempting to connect to is remote (i.e. you are
using a remote address, whether or not the database is on one of your own
systems) and you are using a dns name, then presumably your system is set
to use this dns server to resolve that dns name to an ip address. Tracert
shows this IP as being ns.multidatahn.net, is this your ISP or the dns
server you have set up? If so then there is nothing wrong.
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[Wayne Niddery [TeamB]]

Post by Omar Zelaya
You are right, thats the ip address is of my dns server(i knew it
looked familiar lol), my connection string of the databse is set to
local "127.0.0.1:C:\Database\DB.gdb", even with this type of
connection string TIBDatabase needs to connect to a dns server?

As per another reply you already have, yes. The Interbase client always does
this for IP connections, but it is perfectly normal and acceptable. If you
have a firewall flagging it then you simply need to tell the firewall that
it is permitted.

[Omar Zelaya]

Thanks.

Post by Wayne Niddery [TeamB]

Post by Omar Zelaya
You are right, thats the ip address is of my dns server(i knew it
looked familiar lol), my connection string of the databse is set to
local "127.0.0.1:C:\Database\DB.gdb", even with this type of
connection string TIBDatabase needs to connect to a dns server?

As per another reply you already have, yes. The Interbase client always
does this for IP connections, but it is perfectly normal and acceptable.
If you have a firewall flagging it then you simply need to tell the
firewall that it is permitted.
--
Wayne Niddery - Logic Fundamentals, Inc. (www.logicfundamentals.com)
RADBooks: http://www.logicfundamentals.com/RADBooks.html
"True peace is not the absence of tension, but the presence of
justice." - Martin Luther King, Jr.