Creating an external (optional hidden) file with some "key information' my
application on startup
and deleting the same file upon termination of my application,

Adding a on connect trigger to the Firebird DBase itself, which raises an
exemption after failing
to try to read the created external file or validate it's information,
seemed to have created some
protecting which proved to be rather adequate.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mikey" <nf4l@...>
To: <firebird-support@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 4:50 PM
Subject: [firebird-support] Re: Changing user password


>
>
> --- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Paul Vinkenoog <paul@...> wrote:
>>
>> Hello Mike,
>>
>> > The apps I write are pretty much desktop stuff. I'm trying to move away
>> > from Access. Firebird was looking real good, but I need a protected db
>> > for one of the apps.
>>
>> Protected from whom? If you don't want the user to fiddle with the
>> database internals, Firebird Embedded is not an option because it
>> _requires_ that the user process have access to the database file. With
>> the client-server model, only the server process needs access.
>>
>>
>> Paul Vinkenoog
>>
>
> From anybody who may gain access (no pun intended) to the users computer.
> The app is for storing signons and passwords, so the user only has to
> remember one.
>
> I understand it's not foolproof, but I think better than keeping a list
> taped to the bottom of the keyboard.
>
> Deploying the client-server model for that seems a bit of overkill so far,
> but I'm still thinking about it.
>
> The Zeoslib components for Delphi are using the CS model I suppose,
> because I haven't been able to connect without supplying the UID & PW.
> Sound right, or am I doing something wrong?
>
> Mike
>
>
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