William,

> Those suggestions I believe were well noted, and hopefully be added to
> the next release of FB.

I think so, and an alias to isc4.gdb as well.

"Small details" to help interacting with the operating system, not target to
protect data from intruders.

Artur Anjos

----- Original Message -----
From: "William L. Thomson Jr." <support@...>
To: <ib-support@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 11:01 PM
Subject: Re: [ib-support] Where I find a really good security specific
IB/FBgroup?


> On Mon, 2002-07-15 at 15:01, Artur Anjos wrote:
> > Most of us do worry about security. Speaking for myself, security is a
must.
>
> Yes.
>
> > One small question for you: Why we should waste our time with this, if
it
> > could be done at the operating system level?
>
> With the one exception being modifications to the installer for a
> different user and group, other than root. Or allowing you to specify
> one of your own, without having to run another script after the install.
>
> Those suggestions I believe were well noted, and hopefully be added to
> the next release of FB.
>
> > I'm with Paul Schimdt on this subject: it's the wrong place to secure
data.
>
> I also agree.
>
> --
> Sincerely,
> William L. Thomson Jr.
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