No, not exactly, - you can protect from scenario with replacing security database with a change of database owner (create database under MyUser).

>I am rather shocked by

that.

Why? Any database can be opened if you have access to the database file - there are plenty of recovery tools for MSSQL, PostrgeSQL, etc, to dump the contents of the database.


Regards,
Alexey Kovyazin
IBSurgeon


On 20.05.2019 13:32, sbailey@... [firebird-support] wrote:

 

Alexey, thank you for the extremenly quick response.

So, I did understand correctly - anyone can open any Firebird database and view the data (unless it happens to be encrypted).

I am rather shocked by that.

Steve Bailey