--- Eric,
Thanks, it helps tremendously. The entire ebase online community has been extremely helpful. Best Regards, Melissa Selsor Eric Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Melissa, > > There are different levels of data security, some of > which ebase addresses. > For example, you can set up passwords within ebase > to limit login access to > the database (there are default passwords already > set up when you download > the data). > > If you're running ebase on a server, there are > additional issues of data > security that arise, particularly if you wish to > enable any sort of remote > (off-site via the internet) access to the data or if > your server has an > always-on connection to the internet (e.g. DSL). > Ebase itself doesn't > address these other issues well -- they have more to > do with hardware, > system software, and the like. If your data is > exposed to the internet, it > may be exposed to hacker attack, and you might want > to consider a firewall > or other protective feature to safeguard your data. > > An additional aspect of data security is doing > regular, archival backups of > your ebase data. We make them several times a week > (using WinZip; there are > other alternatives, including some for Macs), and > save them onto CDs which > are kept off-site -- the archives stretch back about > 8 months at this point. > The reason for doing regular backups is to prevent > total catastrophe if > ebase is corrupted, hacked, or there's a > theft/disaster at the office. > > I hope this information helps. > > Regards, > > Eric Johnson > Colorado Environmental Coalition > > -----Original Message----- > From: Melissa Selsor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 1:55 PM > To: TechRocks Support > Subject: [support] data security > > > I am wondering when you download ebase if the > software > goes directly to your server and if you are the only > one who has access to the data. thanks in advance > for > your comments. > > Melissa Selsor > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > NEW from Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site > hosting, just > $8.95/month. > http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 > > ------------------ > Reminder to each recipient: To change your list > account preferences, go to > http://email.sparklist.com/scripts/lyris.pl?enter=support > and enter the > email address you used to subscribe to the ebase > support list:: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > ebase - Relationship Management for Nonprofits, > http://www.ebase.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > ------------------ > Reminder to each recipient: To change your list > account preferences, go to > http://email.sparklist.com/scripts/lyris.pl?enter=support > and enter the email address you used to subscribe > to the ebase support list:: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > ebase - Relationship Management for Nonprofits, > http://www.ebase.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? NEW from Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 ------------------ Reminder to each recipient: To change your list account preferences, go to http://email.sparklist.com/scripts/lyris.pl?enter=support and enter the email address you used to subscribe to the ebase support list:: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ebase - Relationship Management for Nonprofits, http://www.ebase.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------
