Re: Safe DB Distribution

2007-01-30 Thread mos
You will not be able to search on encrypted fields. Sure you can. MySQL will also be able to use the index provided you are using an "=" when searching. But you can't use ">" or "<" on an encrypted field and still expect it to use an index. I've found talking to MySQL developers about the

Re: Safe DB Distribution

2007-01-30 Thread mizioumt
m: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mysql@lists.mysql.com Sent: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 1:52 PM Subject: Re: Safe DB Distribution [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] R04.sysops.aol.com: Something like distributing files with encrypted data in most columns can be done I think the OP is more concerned with

Re: Safe DB Distribution

2007-01-30 Thread mizioumt
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; mysql@lists.mysql.com Sent: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 1:44 PM Subject: Re: Safe DB Distribution [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Something like distributing files with encrypted data in most columns can be done, with the e

Re: Safe DB Distribution

2007-01-30 Thread Felix Geerinckx
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] R04.sysops.aol.com: > Something like distributing files with encrypted data in most columns > can be done I think the OP is more concerned with protecting his datamodel, and this cannot be done in my opinion. -- felix -- MySQL General Mailing

Re: Safe DB Distribution

2007-01-30 Thread Gerald L. Clark
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Something like distributing files with encrypted data in most columns can be done, with the encryption key being a combination of some hardware-related stuff such as MAC address that the user will provide to you, and the key you generate and provide to the user. Of course

Re: Safe DB Distribution

2007-01-30 Thread mizioumt
chael -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mysql@lists.mysql.com Sent: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 4:08 AM Subject: Re: Safe DB Distribution [EMAIL PROTECTED] ("Suhas Pharkute") wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: I want to distribute the MySQL DB to different user with an PHP web

Re: Safe DB Distribution

2007-01-30 Thread Suhas Pharkute
Thank you everybody for your replies. Seems like I got an answer as no. Thank you again, Suhas On 1/30/07, Dotan Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 30/01/07, peter lovatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > You probably cant make it 100% secure, because php is not a fully compiled > language

Re: Safe DB Distribution

2007-01-30 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 30/01/07, peter lovatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi You probably cant make it 100% secure, because php is not a fully compiled language, and as such an expert techie could probably add extra code to your app that wouild allow access to the database, BUT you can get pretty close. You will ne

Re: Safe DB Distribution

2007-01-30 Thread peter lovatt
Hi You probably cant make it 100% secure, because php is not a fully compiled language, and as such an expert techie could probably add extra code to your app that wouild allow access to the database, BUT you can get pretty close. You will need to encrypt everything in the database using MySql e

Re: Safe DB Distribution

2007-01-30 Thread Felix Geerinckx
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ("Suhas Pharkute") wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > I want to distribute the MySQL DB to different user with an PHP web > app. Make sure you have read and understood the MySQL licensing policy, if your app is not open source (as it seems to be). > My biggest problem is MyS

Re: Safe DB Distribution

2007-01-30 Thread Ales Zoulek
On 1/30/07, Dan Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: In the last episode (Jan 29), Suhas Pharkute said: > Ok, I will explain it again, > > I need a way so that if some body gets the DB files (.MYD and .MYI) > from my distribution, they can put it in their DB engine and can read > my DB. I would like

Re: Safe DB Distribution

2007-01-29 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Jan 29), Suhas Pharkute said: > Ok, I will explain it again, > > I need a way so that if some body gets the DB files (.MYD and .MYI) > from my distribution, they can put it in their DB engine and can read > my DB. I would like to STOP this stealing. > > Is there any way? If

Re: Safe DB Distribution

2007-01-29 Thread Suhas Pharkute
Ok, I will explain it again, I need a way so that if some body gets the DB files (.MYD and .MYI) from my distribution, they can put it in their DB engine and can read my DB. I would like to STOP this stealing. Is there any way? Thanks Suhas

Re: Safe DB Distribution

2007-01-29 Thread Suhas Pharkute
ent --- -Original Message- From: Suhas Pharkute [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 30 January 2007 1:55 PM To: Ales Zoulek Cc: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: Re: Safe DB Distribution Yep, I do understand that, but when I give DB to someone, I

Re: Safe DB Distribution

2007-01-29 Thread Suhas Pharkute
ent --- -Original Message- From: Suhas Pharkute [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 30 January 2007 1:55 PM To: Ales Zoulek Cc: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: Re: Safe DB Distribution Yep, I do understand that, but when I give DB to someone, I

RE: Safe DB Distribution

2007-01-29 Thread Logan, David (SST - Adelaide)
t --- -Original Message- From: Suhas Pharkute [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 30 January 2007 1:55 PM To: Ales Zoulek Cc: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: Re: Safe DB Distribution Yep, I do understand that, but when I gi

Re: Safe DB Distribution

2007-01-29 Thread Suhas Pharkute
Yep, I do understand that, but when I give DB to someone, I do not want them to see the database. I want them to access the database thr' the php application. It is very simple, I don't want any one to see my DB in open way. But they can access it thr' my app. I agree with about file system, and

Re: Safe DB Distribution

2007-01-29 Thread Ales Zoulek
What is it exactly that you need to achieve? PHP script doesnt read a MySQL data files, MySQL server does. You can configure your OS and filesystem rights, so that only MySQL server can read them. Ales. -- Forwarded message -- From: "Suhas Pharkute" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: mys