Access Database Encryption
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Does it really save any purpose to encrypt a database (BE)with a password when some people are saying there are some free software out there that can break the encryption easily , I know for the FE we seam to be fine as long as we only give clients Accde files.
For queries I'm still using a special code to hide special keys( This is also an extra cover to FE objects), unless someone knows my backdoor hot key it will not be possible to unhide the queries.
Though strictly speaking the software is anchored on queries , VBA code , macros and reports because even if one steal the tables with entity relation , how is it going to help without the treasured code???
Kindly educate me if I'm wrong!
Regards
Chris
Does it really save any purpose to encrypt a database (BE)with a password when some people are saying there are some free software out there that can break the encryption easily , I know for the FE we seam to be fine as long as we only give clients Accde files.
For queries I'm still using a special code to hide special keys( This is also an extra cover to FE objects), unless someone knows my backdoor hot key it will not be possible to unhide the queries.
Though strictly speaking the software is anchored on queries , VBA code , macros and reports because even if one steal the tables with entity relation , how is it going to help without the treasured code???
Kindly educate me if I'm wrong!
Regards
Chris
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know for the FE we seam to be fine as long as we only give clients Accde files.Wrong. There are companies that will "decompile" the database to produce VBA code. Earlier attempts produced tokenized code which although it was valid VBA, was very difficult to read because all the variable names were cryptic. Newer tools produce very readable code with meaningful variable names.
<<There are companies that will "decompile">>
I'm only aware of one that can do that, and their pretty adamant about proof of ownership, so I would not consider this to be a problem as yet.
If your aware of more than one, then it would be an issue.
Jim.
I'm only aware of one that can do that, and their pretty adamant about proof of ownership, so I would not consider this to be a problem as yet.
If your aware of more than one, then it would be an issue.
Jim.
I haven't had the problem so I've never had to use the service so I don't know how many companies are out there. How does one prove they own the app?
<< How does one prove they own the app?>>
Copyright paperwork, their name is on the app, they can provide some of the source code, etc.
Jim.
Copyright paperwork, their name is on the app, they can provide some of the source code, etc.
Jim.
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Microsoft Access is a rapid application development (RAD) relational database tool. Access can be used for both desktop and web-based applications, and uses VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) as its coding language.
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Keep "amateurs" from accessing your code, queries, table design and relationships.
Also, keep in mind that MS Access isn't designed for puplic deployment (in other words: designed for internal applications).
If you're looking for more robust security, MS Access isn't the tool for you. Look for compiled languages such as .Net, Java, C++ or C, and better database engines like MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle, postGreSQL ect ...