Hello,



This one is mostly for Ben I guess since we discussed this in some length at the seminar.



I am looking for some help in exposing my SQL Server 2005 to the internet for development of the "smart client" app we talked about. I looked around for some articles but didnt find exactly what I was looking for. Can you point me in the right direction? I did talk to my dedicated server provider and they said "No problem, we will take care of it" once I go into production they will handle the security aspects. What I need right now is to get my in-house SQL 2005 server exposed for development and testing purposes in a relatively secure manner.



Thanks,



Keith

Keith Chisarik

Still no dice



I already made sure my server is listening on a static port (1433) instead of the default dynamic according to this article.



http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms177440.aspx

Keith Chisarik

Can you telnet to the server?

telnet PUBLICIPADDRESS 1433