This machine has MS SQL on it and he wants me to open port 1433 to the Internet. I don't think it is a good idea to have sql ports open directly to the Internet due to security reasons.

To debug the issue, I went back to the database server to see what port the database was using by entering netstat -a -b from an administrator command prompt. Upon examining the output, I noticed that ...

Symantec's analysts recommended that administrators block access to port 1433 at the perimeter, and within the network, limit access to the port to trusted hosts.

port = 1433 tds version = 7.0 Set Up the ODBC Data Source Red Hat comes with a graphic interface tool called ODBCConfig. We'll use it to set up our DSN. From KDE, select K -> System -> ODBCConfig From ...