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Topic: Encryption

Posted By: pjb007
Subject: Encryption
Date Posted: 15 March 2005 at 3:20pm

I am making a database driven site, the problem is at the moment if somebody knew the location of the database on the site they could download it and have access to all the details, is there a way to encrypt or secure the database so that it would be safe.

I would still need to pull information out of the database and display in using the response.write commands though.

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Posted By: dj air
Date Posted: 15 March 2005 at 3:22pm

the only real way of any sort of security with a access database is to put it above the root folder.

that way you can only access the database via FTP or through your scripts/queries.

or you can go for SQL security but then thats not Access.

Posted By: pjb007
Date Posted: 15 March 2005 at 4:11pm

above the root, how do you mean?

I am dusing domaindlx at the moment.

Posted By: dj air
Date Posted: 15 March 2005 at 4:13pm

they are free arn't they?

if so as i think they are from your other thread.

i dont think you can secure it then unless you can create /uplaod to folders above your root folder, your root folkder is / in relation to relative paths from the root