hi,
I thought from the many other discussions that have gone about security, that the database connection to its server can become a simple SSH tunnel. Thus the username and password to the database are trivialised and secondary to that of the SSH which is used to connect to the database server and thus the hidden database port.

alex.

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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:firebird-support@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Kjell Rilbe
> Sent: 18 March 2009 10:19
> To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [firebird-support] Rename SYSDBA account
>
> Dimitry Sibiryakov wrote:
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> >>I wouldn't be surprised if some things are hardwired to the
> string 'SYSDBA'
> >
> > And you are right.
> >
> > SY, SD.
>
> Any plans to "fix" this?
>
> The combinations of these two "restrictions" seems rather
> undesirable from a security standbpoint:
>
> 1. SYSDBA cannot be renamed.
>
> 2. Passwords only check first eight chars.
>
> Can SYSDBA be disabled?
>
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