Helen,

>>Afaik it is relatively easy connect to a firebird database if you can see
>>every traffic on the network.

H> Sure; but if you are a lazy developer and can not be bothered with things
H> like installing roles and security privileges <SNIP>

read again: he said "if you can see every traffic on the network",
which is quite true. If you ever use your SYSDBA account and someone
spoofs it your bets are off, as you know.

Ciao
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