Subject Re: [firebird-support] Protecting a Firebird Database
Author Leonardo Nakahara de Oliveira
Ok.

Let me make you another question. How can I make the Firebird server
not visible in status bar? How can I remove it's icon from there?

Thanks

Leonardo Nakahara de Oliveira

Martijn Tonies wrote:

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>> I've recently decided to migrate the systems I wrote to Firebird
>>Database. And since I decided this, I've been looking for more
>>information about this database.
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>> And something really bothered me: the fact that there's is just one
>>default user and password for any database. So, how can I protect my
>>database from being opened by anyone else but me? I mean, if someone
>>copy my database to his/her computer, knowing that the user is SYSDBA
>>and the password is masterkey, he/she can open it and see how's the
>>internal structure of it.
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>There's no default use for a database. Databases have nothing to do
>with user accounts. Users are server based.
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>> How can I prevent anyone from doing that?
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>If someone is able to copy the database, he/she can install Firebird
>and use SYSDBA to open your database. Nothing you can do about
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>The trick is to keep your database in a private and secured area.
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>That being said, expect improvements in the future :-)
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>With regards,
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>Martijn Tonies
>Database Workbench - developer tool for InterBase, Firebird, MySQL & MS SQL
>Server
>Upscene Productions
>http://www.upscene.com
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