> Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 at 6:44 AM > From: "Richard Hipp" <drh at sqlite.org> > To: "SQLite mailing list" <sqlite-users at mailinglists.sqlite.org> > Subject: Re: [sqlite] Password Protect SQLite DB > > On 5/20/16, Agarwal, Rajesh <Rajesh.Agarwal at snapon.com> wrote: > > Not encryption, to password protect the db file. > > How is it possible to "password protect" a file without encrypting it? > -- > D. Richard Hipp > drh at sqlite.org > _______________________________________________ > sqlite-users mailing list > sqlite-users at mailinglists.sqlite.org > http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
Quite simple (pseudocode): database_password = get_password(filename); if (input_password != database_password) return error; However this approach as you intuitively recognized is not any "real" protection at all. It's just an inconvenience step
