Re: How to secure a MySQL database from people with physical acce ss

2003-05-29 Thread Michael T. Babcock
On Tue, May 27, 2003 at 03:43:14PM -0500, mos wrote: Correct, which is why I have a means of compressing and *encrypting* the .exe file. I can also lock it to the person's machine (or server) so it won't fall into the wrong hands. All such methods have been broken. If they weren't, the

RE: How to secure a MySQL database from people with physical acce ss

2003-05-27 Thread David Brodbeck
-Original Message- From: mos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I could encrypt certain table fields, but this will make writing the front end a pain because all SQL statements will now need to be changed any time a new column is encrypted. It also won't help you any, because the

RE: How to secure a MySQL database from people with physical acce ss

2003-05-27 Thread mos
At 02:22 PM 5/27/2003, you wrote: -Original Message- From: mos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Correct, which is why I have a means of compressing and *encrypting* the .exe file. I don't understand how this helps... The EXE file has to contain a complete decryption routine or it can't be

RE: How to secure a MySQL database from people with physical acce ss

2003-05-27 Thread mos
At 11:36 AM 5/27/2003, you wrote: -Original Message- From: mos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I could encrypt certain table fields, but this will make writing the front end a pain because all SQL statements will now need to be changed any time a new column is encrypted. It also won't