Subject RE: [firebird-support] Running modification scripts in FB1.5 security.fdb
Author Alan McDonald
> Hmmm, such sensible passwords as SYSDBA's shoud be changed from
> time to time,
> how do you solve it if it is hardcoded in application ?
> How would you solve situation when users have other applications
> using Firebird, that also expect their own hardcoded sysdba passwords ?
> Also, it is not much safe if application used by ordinary users
> use SYSDBA's
> account/password - they do not have to dig it out from exe, all they need
> is network packed sniffer.
>
> Ivan
> http://www.volny.cz/iprenosil/interbase/
>

Oh - and if anyone were, in fact, sniffing, they'd be waiting a long time to
see the sysdba username float by
Alan