On Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:29:28 -0000, "RB Smissaert" <bartsmissa...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in General Discussion of SQLite Database <sqlite-users@sqlite.org>:
>Would it be possible to make a SQLite file un-usable by overwriting bytes in >certain places and then (via an encrypted password) make the file usable >again by putting the right bytes back in the right places? >I use a VB wrapper that can encrypt the database, but I am using this SQLite >file on a Windows Mobile device and the SQLite wrapper used there can't do >that. >I can do this quite easy by picking some fixed bytes at the beginning of the >file, but it then is too easy to pick this up by comparing with a normal >SQLite file. So, maybe I need to overwrite sqlite_master, but will it be >possible to always find the start and end of that part of the file? >Thanks for any ideas about this. > >RBS If the security is important to you, it might be worth to invest in SEE, the proprietary, licenced, SQLite Encryption Extension: http://www.sqlite.org/support.html It makes sure only your application can access the database. -- ( Kees Nuyt ) c[_] _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
