On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 9:46 AM, MB Software Solutions General Account < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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.) > ------------------------------------- That db is right. Not secure, not now or not later. Never going to happen. Sucks when you get called on wrong design and you have to get it straight. I am finding lots of "stuff" that is wrong with our in house plant operations. Getting them overhauled is tough! But we have to do it. Our issues are not secure data but to much on every interface. -- Stephen Russell Sr. Production Systems Programmer Mimeo.com Memphis TN 901.246-0159 --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ 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.
