Not sure if I'm understanding Eric's original scenario correctly but...This setup of needing to support SSH tunneling through to an Oracle database is exactly what we have setup in my library using SecureCRT ( http://www.vandyke.com/products/securecrt/). I think this software is quite useful and supports keys and all the rest ( Set up SSH keys such that building the tunnel doesn't prompt for a password, * Run the local end of the tunnel on a free port, * Configure your local client to talk to the local end of the tunnel). This is an essential piece of our infrastructure and we have SecureCRT set up on servers as well as individual PCs to ensure secure transmission of information to sources outside our firewall. Steve On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 11:56 AM, Birkin James Diana <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > On Jun 25, 2008, at 8:59 AM, Eric Lease Morgan wrote: > > Is there anyway to support SSH tunneling through a MySQL DSN? >> > > Not sure if this is exactly relevant, but I used to need to access a remote > mysql database not open to internet access, and came to love ssh tunneling. > Some notes: > > <http://bspace.us/notes/entries/ssh-tunneling-notes/> > > Also, for a different reason, I needed to handle passwordless logins. This > might be of some use: > > <http://bspace.us/notes/entries/passwordless-logins/> > > --- > Birkin James Diana > Programmer, Integrated Technology Services > Brown University Library > [log in to unmask] >