Jconnector, ODBC connector security

[mes123]

If I have a remotly hosted database and I'm using either the ODBC or JConnectors to access it, how secure are those connections? Can I setup a SSL link? How would I do that?


i'm using:

public void makeConnection (String url, String userName, String passWord) throws DbException{
        if (url.equalsIgnoreCase("")){
            throw new DbException(4, "DbConnector", "getConnection", "No URL specified. Unable to connect.", null);
        }
        try {
            // Load Sun's jdbc-odbc driver
            Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver").newInstance();
            
        } catch (ClassNotFoundException cnfea){ // driver not found
            DbException my = new DbException(0, "DbConnector", "getConnection",
            "ClassNotFoundException. Cause/message: " +
            cnfea.getCause() + "/" + cnfea.getMessage(), null);
            throw new DbException(1, "DbConnector", "getConnection", "ODBC: Unable to load database driver.", my);
        } catch (InstantiationException ie2){
            DbException my = new DbException(0, "DbConnector", "getConnection",
            "InstantiationException. Cause/message: " +
            ie2.getCause() + "/" + ie2.getMessage(), null);
            throw new DbException(2, "DbConnector", "getConnection", "Instatiation exception on ODBC driver.", my);
        } catch (IllegalAccessException iae2){
            DbException my = new DbException(0, "DbConnector", "getConnection",
            "IllegalAccessException. Cause/message: " +
            iae2.getCause() + "/" + iae2.getMessage(), null);
            throw new DbException(3, "DbConnector", "getConnection", "Failed to load driver.", my);
        }
        // driver has been loaded - attempting to gain connection to DB
        try {
            connector = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:odbc:" + url,
            userName, passWord);
        } catch (SQLException sqle){
            DbException my = new DbException(0, "DbConnector", "getConnection",
            "SQLException. State/error/message: " +
            sqle.getSQLState() + "/" + sqle.getErrorCode()+ "/" + sqle.getMessage(), null);
            throw new DbException(4, "DbConnector", "getConnection", "Failed to get connection.", my);
            
        }

        
    }