Re: tsql with SSL on SQL Server

Igor Korot <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.db.tds.freetds
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Tony,
It would be interesting to see the log dump....
Like Frdiano said, it should work.

Thank you.

On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 11:47 AM, Tony Baldarelli
<[email protected]> wrote:
> SQL Server 2005 and above.  Actually, I think we currently only use 2005.
> And that is definitely what I am trying right this very second.
>
> Also, SQL Server is currently configured to force encryption.
>
> The ODBC driver that my application uses ( Easysoft ) works fine from my
> application, and isql works fine.  So I know I can connect to the SQL Server
> database from this linux machine.  I just cannot using tsql.
>
>
> Tony
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Igor Korot
> Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 2:22 PM
> To: FreeTDS Development Group
> Subject: Re: [freetds] tsql with SSL on SQL Server
>
> Hi, Tony,
>
> On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 8:31 AM, Tony Baldarelli
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Ok, it did not work.  I will look up the encryption settings for this
> version and see if maybe something else will work, but I would love some
> feedback as to if I am missing something.
>>
>> See below:
>> • End of /usr/local/etc/freetds.conf
>>        [MyServer2005]
>>            host = 192.168.254.91
>>            port = 1433
>>            tds version = 8.0
>>            encryption = request
>>
>>        # A typical Microsoft SQL Server 6.x configuration
>>        ;[MyServer65]
>>        ;       host = ntmachine.domain.com
>>        ;       port = 1433
>>        ;       tds version = 4.2
>> • Failed command ( password removed for security )
>>        [tonyb:v9_odbc:V3_18]> tsql -S myserver2005 -U nortel -P PASSWORD
>>        locale is "en_US"
>>        locale charset is "ISO-8859-1"
>>        Msg 20017, Level 9, State -1, Server OpenClient, Line -1
>>        Unexpected EOF from the server
>>        Msg 20002, Level 9, State -1, Server OpenClient, Line -1
>>        Adaptive Server connection failed
>>        There was a problem connecting to the server
>> • Version
>>        [tonyb:v9_odbc:V3_18]> tsql -C
>>        Compile-time settings (established with the "configure" script)
>>                                    Version: freetds v0.82.1.dev.20110306
>>                     freetds.conf directory: /usr/local/etc
>>             MS db-lib source compatibility: no
>>                Sybase binary compatibility: no
>>                              Thread safety: yes
>>                        iconv library: yes
>>                            TDS version: 5.0
>>                                    iODBC: no
>>                                   unixodbc: yes
>> • Date stamp of tsql command
>>        [tonyb:v9_odbc:V3_18]> ls -lt /usr/local/bin/tsql
>>        -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root      1487662 Apr  7 11:22
> /usr/local/bin/tsql
>>        [tonyb:v9_odbc:V3_18]>
>
> Are you trying to connect to the Sybase server or MS SQL server? If
> the latter what version - 2005 or some other?
>
> Thank you.
>
>>
>>
>> Tony
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tony Baldarelli
>> Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 11:06 AM
>> To: 'FreeTDS Development Group'
>> Subject: Re: [freetds] tsql with SSL on SQL Server
>>
>> Thanks.  Is the feature you disabled in the patch important?  More
> precisely, what kind of feature is it?  Always sort of makes me nervous when
> I hear people disabled a feature, so that is why I ask.  I will definitely
> be trying this patch, so thanks for that idea.
>>
>>
>> You might not be able to answer this, but what are the merits to using
> openssl or gnutls with freetds?
>>
>> Tony
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Frediano Ziglio
>> Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 5:07 AM
>> To: FreeTDS Development Group
>> Subject: Re: [freetds] tsql with SSL on SQL Server
>>
>> 2011/4/7 Tony Baldarelli <[email protected]>:
>>> Hello,
>>>        We are moving to using SSL to connect to our SQL Server databases.
>>> Currently I cannot get it to work and was wondering if there was some
>>> documentation out there on it.  So far the documentation I have read does
>>> not work.  For instance, it tells me to set "encryption" in the
> freetds.conf
>>> to either "request" or "required", which I have tried.
>>>
>>>        I currently use openssl, but I do see references to it working
> with
>>> gnutls, so I might look that up as well.
>>>
>>>
>>> Tony Baldarelli
>>>
>>>
>>> P.S. For those who are curious, here is some data to consider.
>>>
>>>
>>> •       Machine 1 tsql ( no osql )
>>>        o       Version:
>>>                [tonyb:v9_odbc:V3_18]> tsql -C
>>>                Compile-time settings (established with the "configure"
>>> script):
>>>                                           Version: freetds v0.63
>>>                    MS db-lib source compatibility: no
>>>                       Sybase binary compatibility: unknown
>>>                                     Thread safety: yes
>>>                                     iconv library: yes
>>>                                       TDS version: 4.2
>>>                                             iODBC: no
>>>                                          unixodbc: yes
>>>                [tonyb:v9_odbc:V3_18]>
>>>        o       Error:
>>>                [tonyb:v9_odbc:V3_18]> tsql -S  myserver2005 -U <user
>>> removed for security> -P <password removed for security>
>>>                locale is "en_US"
>>>                locale charset is "ISO-8859-1"
>>>                Msg 20004, Level 9, State 0, Server OpenClient, Line 0
>>>                Read from SQL server failed.
>>>                Msg 20014, Level 9, State 0, Server OpenClient, Line 0
>>>                Login incorrect.
>>>                There was a problem connecting to the server
>>>                [tonyb:v9_odbc:V3_18]>
>>>        o       freetds section for machine 1.  Note that "encryption"
> does
>>> not work with this version, so that is why it is commented out.
>>>                [MyServer2005]
>>>                    host = 192.168.254.91
>>>                    port = 1433
>>>                    tds version = 8.0
>>>                    ##encryption = request
>>> •       Machine 2 tsql, new version
>>>        o       Version:
>>>                [tonyb:v9_odbc:V3_18]> tsql -C
>>>                Compile-time settings (established with the "configure"
>>> script)
>>>                                            Version: freetds v0.82
>>>                       freetds.conf directory: /usr/local/etc
>>>                     MS db-lib source compatibility: no
>>>                        Sybase binary compatibility: no
>>>                                      Thread safety: yes
>>>                                      iconv library: yes
>>>                                        TDS version: 5.0
>>>                                              iODBC: no
>>>                                           unixodbc: yes
>>>                [tonyb:v9_odbc:V3_18]>
>>>        o       Test:
>>>                [tonyb:v9_odbc:V3_18]>  tsql -S  myserver2005 -U <user
>>> removed for security> -P <password removed for security>
>>>                locale is "en_US"
>>>                locale charset is "ISO-8859-1"
>>>                Msg 20017, Level 9, State -1, Server OpenClient, Line -1
>>>                Unexpected EOF from the server
>>>                Msg 20002, Level 9, State -1, Server OpenClient, Line -1
>>>                Adaptive Server connection failed
>>>                There was a problem connecting to the server
>>>                [tonyb:v9_odbc:V3_18]>
>>> •       Machine 2 tsql, old version
>>>        o       Version:
>>>                [tonyb:v9_odbc:V3_18]> tsql.old -C
>>>                Compile-time settings (established with the "configure"
>>> script):
>>>                                     Version: freetds v0.64.dev.20051213
>>>                    MS db-lib source compatibility: no
>>>                 Sybase binary compatibility: unknown
>>>                                 Thread safety: yes
>>>                                   iconv library: yes
>>>                                       TDS version: 5.0
>>>                                       iODBC: no
>>>                                      unixodbc: yes
>>>                [tonyb:v9_odbc:V3_18]>
>>>        o       Test:
>>>                [tonyb:v9_odbc:V3_18]>  tsql.old -S  myserver2005 --U
> <user
>>> removed for security> -P <password removed for security>
>>>                locale is "en_US"
>>>                locale charset is "ISO-8859-1"
>>>                Msg 20004, Level 9, State 0, Server OpenClient, Line 0
>>>                Read from SQL server failed.
>>>                Msg 20014, Level 9, State 0, Server OpenClient, Line 0
>>>                Login incorrect.
>>>                There was a problem connecting to the server
>>>                [tonyb:v9_odbc:V3_18]>
>>> •       Machine 2 osql
>>>        o       It is supposed to go into isql when it is done, but it
> does
>>> not.
>>>        o       Output:
>>>                [tonyb:v9_odbc:V3_18]> osql -S wv8 -U nortel -P <password
>>> removed for security>
>>>                looking for odbc.ini and odbcinst.ini in /usr/local/etc
>>>                        reading "/home/tonyb/.odbc.ini"
>>>                [wv8] not found in "/home/tonyb/.odbc.ini"
>>>                        reading "/usr/local/etc/odbc.ini"
>>>                [wv8] found in "/usr/local/etc/odbc.ini"
>>>                found this section:
>>>                        [wv8]
>>>                        Driver          = Easysoft ODBC-SQL Server SSL
>>>                        Description     = Easysoft SQL Server ODBC driver
>>>                        Server          = 192.168.254.91
>>>                        Port            = 1433
>>>                  Database        = wv8_162
>>>                        User            = nortel
>>>                        Password        = <password removed for security>
>>>                  Mars_Connection         = No
>>>                        Logging         = Process
>>>                        LogFile         =
>>> /home/wms/v9_odbc/oracle/8.1.7/LOG/wv8_162.easysoft.ssl2
>>>                  QuotedId        = Yes
>>>                        AnsiNPW         = Yes
>>>                        Language        =
>>>                  Version7        = No
>>>                        ClientLB        = No
>>>                        Encrypt         = No
>>>                  TrustServerCertificate          = No
>>>                        PrivateKeyFile          =
>>>                        CertificateFile         =
>>>                  Entropy         =
>>>                        Failover_Partner                =
>>>                        VarMaxAsLong    = No
>>>
>>>                looking for driver for DSN [wv8]
>>>                driver "Easysoft" found for [wv8] in odbc.ini
>>>                found driver named "Easysoft"
>>>                Easysoft is not a readable file
>>>                looking for entry named [Easysoft] in
>>> /usr/local/etc/odbcinst.ini
>>>                no driver mentioned for [Easysoft] in odbcinst.ini
>>>                [tonyb:v9_odbc:V3_18]>
>>>  •      Machine 2 freetds setup ( uncommenting "encryption" does not
> really
>>> change anything, it still fails with the same errors above )
>>>        [MyServer2005]
>>>            host = 192.168.254.91
>>>            port = 1433
>>>            tds version = 8.0
>>>            #encryption = request
>>>
>>
>> At least use version 0.82, patched is better. Obviously we cannot
>> support easysoft driver :)
>> There is a known issue with early 0.82 and OpenSSL due to a security
>> improvement in OpenSSL that is not compatible with MS software. A fix
>> (we disable such a feature) has been incorporated in post 0.82
>> versions (that is patched version, available at
>> http://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/ALPHA/freetds/stable/ or
>> freetds.sourceforce.net). Also recent versions support much better
>> encryption settings.
>>
>> freddy77
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