>From the presentation I saw at SWFox 2007, it will enable you to use existing VFP 9 DBFs and put them into a secure location only the Server has access to. Making all your request through the server.
Since the code I work in accesses the tables directly, and not through any views, this means a lot of retooling to get it to work. I've not gone much further down that path. HTH, Tracy -----Original Message----- From: MB Software Solutions General Account Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 10:47 AM Some dooschbag at one of our sites is making such a stink about our VFP9 free tables not being secure, and telling how folks can get into the tables on the LAN and do bad things. I laugh because this app has been working great for this company for years and it's never been a problem until Mr. New Guy who used to work in the Security division at VISA card came onto the scene. He's touting how he could break through the firewall on the LANs in less than 5-10 minutes, etc. etc. etc. I think he's basically trying to get attention. Yes, our VFP tables are NOT secure. Anyone tech savvy knows that a file server database is NOT secure like a database server. Question for those who have seen Advantage Database Server: is this the best way to take a legacy VFP app (which uses tons of xbase approach code) and make it secure so that any DBF viewer you download from Google is blocked from reading it? My colleague was able to download something called DBF Manager and plow right into a DBF. (It didn't even care about the cheap DBC Events security I put into a test/sample database.) tia, --Michael _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
