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Access mdb file hacking
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psemianonymous
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Agreed on that--if you want to secure your Access database, you're going to have to use obfuscation, i.e. rename the file to something like "README.TXT" (no one reads them anyway, right?) or even something fun, like "MSXML.DLL".
And/or you can use some external encryption program to encrypt the database, so you would 1)decrypt the database, 2)use the decrypted database while the program is open, 3)encrypt the database again.
...but Access/JET is fundamentally unsecurable.
And/or you can use some external encryption program to encrypt the database, so you would 1)decrypt the database, 2)use the decrypted database while the program is open, 3)encrypt the database again.
...but Access/JET is fundamentally unsecurable.
MSDE isn't really secure, either.
Your choices are use a database designed for security (Oracle has a version they sell to the CIA), or encrypt the data before writing it to the database (plays hell with your indexes and doing searches!)
Chip H.
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Your choices are use a database designed for security (Oracle has a version they sell to the CIA), or encrypt the data before writing it to the database (plays hell with your indexes and doing searches!)
Chip H.
If you want to get the best response to a question, please check out FAQ222-2244 first
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