Re: how do i encrypt the .frm file with a password

[Robert J Taylor]

How would password protecting without encrypting it be meaningful? 
(Answer: It wouldn't)

Look at PGP/GPG encryption, as an example of private/public key 
encryption. Feed the encryption program uncompressed data and get either 
keyed or password protected data that is encrypted and compressed.

This isn't a MySQL issue, strictly speaking, but I hope this helps you 
find an answer.

references:

http://www.pgp.com
http://gnupg.org  

Robert J Taylor
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David Crane wrote:

I was considering encrypting the data itself. However, that would impact
performance and our ability to compress it.
We are using access now and it is a 5 cd install. I was hoping I could get
away with password protecting the files to provide
some security.
""David Crane"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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I need to provide some security to a database that I am working on. This
database will be distributed and I need to prevent users from being able
   

to
 

simply copy the files and being able to have complete access to it. I want
to do this: "Encrypt the `.frm' file with a password. This option doesn't
   

do
 

anything in the standard MySQL version. "

(http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/CREATE_TABLE.html) I have recompiled
mysql to enable 64 indexes on a table. So, recompiling it is not a
   

problem.
 

Do I need a custom version or MaxDB?

   



 

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