Is an ADO Connection can be used to connect a database in internet

From: Karthikeyan.P (am_karthik_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 02/29/04 

Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 18:16:06 -0800

Hi My VB application connects with a database which is in internet, i have not tested with internet, but i am locally having a webserver and connected the database with ADO connection, can i use the same connection string or should i have to move to RDS using remote provider.
regards
Karthik.P