How secure is data transfer over remote database

[bike5]

How secure is data transfer over remote database connection, say odbc to a oracle database? Does having SSL even effect that or is the database connection completely separate from the https SSL, I think it is seperate but not sure. If it is, how do you go about securing the data as it travels back and forth directly from the remote database? Any information would be greatly appreciated, thank you.

[ixalmida]

I'd guess it depends on your ODBC driver. Check with the manufacturer (i.e.- for Easysoft ODBC-ODBC try: http://www.easysoft.com/products/data_access/odbc_odbc_bridge/ ).

ODBC data snooping would be difficult for a number of reasons: connections can use non-standard ports, drivers can vary, etc. I had a heck of a time just getting two ODBC machines to understand each other even when I knew all the details of both databases.