ASA Database Administration Guide
Client/Server Communications
TCP/IP is a suite of protocols originally implemented by the University of California at Berkeley for BSD UNIX. TCP/IP has gained widespread use with the expansion of the Internet and the World wide web.
UDP is a transport layer protocol that sits on top of IP. Adaptive Server Anywhere uses UDP on top of IP to do initial server name resolution and TCP for connection and communication after that.
When you use the TCP/IP protocol, you can force strong encryption of client/server communications using ECC_TLS (formerly Certicom) or RSA_TLS encryption technology.
For more information about strong encryption, see Encrypting client/server communications.
Using TCP/IP with Windows
Tuning TCP/IP performance
Connecting across a firewall
Connecting on a dial-up network connection
Encrypting client/server communications over TCP/IP
Connecting using an LDAP server