Hi there,
it wasn't me, who stated "Bingo! No real security here". I guess Johan
didn't delete my Name in one of my Answers. Security in heterogene
networks goes way much too wide for this support list.
In my opinion, if someone wants to distribute a programme, which handles
confident data, he/she has to catch an expert for that part of the solution.

Sincerly your
amateur security expert and amateur firebird fan
Andre

Christian Gütter wrote:

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>>so basicaly , all one needs to do is install the embedded version of fb and
>>the free version of ibexpert and open the fdb file. the world is your
>>oyster...
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>>Bingo! No real security there.
>>Andre
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> please tell -pratik and Andre that they should create a directory, put
> their databases into it and limit access to the directory to the a
> Firebird Service Account and a trusted administrator.
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> Bingo! Some real security there.
> At least against this "embedded attack" and users trying to get file
> access to your databases.
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