Subject Re: [firebird-support] Data Base Security from SYSDBA user
Author Emerson Muniz
Well, looking at it, there's no security when you sell a system in box...
The unique security is don't sell in box, install it on customer and
protect the server from all things/people...

Emerson

Tetr�m Corp wrote:
> Hannes Streicher a �crit :
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>> my opinion
>> get rid of security2.fdb and put security information into the databasefile(s)
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>> then i wont have to worry about third party programs locking me out
>> as it has happend to me several times already
>> when they installed firebird replaced security2.fdb and then changed
>> the sysdba password so that i could not recreate my users
>>
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> It will change nothing: as long as FB will be opensource, someone who
> really wants to access your data will just have to get FB sources,
> remove any authentication or security parts and compile.
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> as Dimitry said, the only real protection is to make sure the database
> file cannot be accessed by anyone(thing) but FB
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> my 2 cents
> Thierry
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