Re: ODBC and Security
Posted in 1996
At 01:41 PM 3/3/96 -0500, Lester Knutsen wrote: >Another option for the extremely security conscious is Online/Secure. >There are trade-offs with security, and implementing a security conscious >system does take more planning and work. There are also security issues >with ODBC and client server that need to be resolved. My understanding is that client/server architecture is *extremely* vulnerable to basically any app (Lotus/Access/MS-Word :) with an ODBC driver coming in and either acquiring or altering your data. I'd be very interested to hear what experienced C/S developers do to minimise this risk. -- Cheers, Billy. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- billy.wheeler@pixie.co.za +27 11 803 2151 p.o. box 3463, rivonia, rsa, 2128 +27 83 250 2324 i'm schizophrenic: my opinions are not those of me -----------------------------------------------------------------------------