Prevent Clients from Connecting from Certain Tools

[becky]

Hi,

Is it possible to prevent users from connecting to the Vertica DB from certain client tools? For instance, say I don't want any one connecting from MS Excel or query tools like Toad.

[NorbertKrupa]

I may be wrong, but since connections are credentials based, any client would be able to connect as long as they have the correct credentials. You may be able to do something at the network layer or writing a custom driver.