>> > 1) Security
>> > There really needs to be a way to provide security on the
>> > database file level rather than the server level.
>>
>> If you think you are getting any better security from other
>> products, think again. Firebird may make the file level
>> security issues more obvious than others but that is all.

> There are a number of security updates due in 2.0, have you
> read the alpha release notes?

The changes described in those release notes are good and
useful things, but they have no bearing of file level security
because they cant. AFAICT all the ideas expressed in my
article still stand.

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Geoff Worboys
Telesis Computing