--- In ib-support@y..., "skotaylor" <scott@d...> wrote:

> --- In ib-support@y..., "Alan McDonald" <alan@m...> wrote:
> > surely if someone can get a copy of the gbk or gdb file, your
> > security is already totally broken down?
>
> Surely, it is up to you, or your system administrator, to secure

your

> Operating System so that no one but root or the firebird user can
> access the file. If you use NT you are hooped, but if you use *nix
> for the Firebird server, it is simple to secure files.

Oops, sorry Alan, your top posting confused me, I thought you were the
originator. This aplies more to Adrian.

Could someone point Adrian to that, most excelent, almost, "How-to"
secure FB/IB, I don't have the link or archived message here.

Scott.