Tage Widsell wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> After weeks of struggling to get Advanced Security to run with Access in
> ColdFusion 5, i have given up. It works like a charm in CF 4.0.1, but not
> with the new version. Allaire, sorry, Macromedia support have suggested that
> Advanced Security in CF 5 simply doesn't work with Access.


It even says so in the manual.


> Time to create a customized session handling and security system to use our
> MySQL server instead. My plan is to use session variables to keep track of
> what users are allowed where, but I seem to recall a few concerns about
> relying on session variables for this from my last time on the list about a
> year ago. Is there something that I should keep in mind while doing this?


What exactly are your security needs? Obviously sandboxing can't be 
handled with session variables. What scenario would be your worst nightmare?


> Also, one of the problems I had in 4.0.1 was locking the shared scope
> variables. This seems to be much more efficient in CF 5, but I also found
> the option to run Single Threaded Sessions. This seems like a very easy
> solution. Would this affect performance a lot?


Yes.


> Finally, an introduction could be in place. My name is Tage Widsell and I'm
> the webmaster at Propellerhead Software, a music software company in
> Stockholm, Sweden. I've been on this list a few times before and here I am
> again. 


Hi Tage. I'm Jochem.

Jochem
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