if the data is the concern, not the data structure, why not encrypt the data itself?
> -----Original Message----- > From: David Crane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 2:15 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: how do i encrypt the .frm file with a password > > > Since this database will be distributed, our users will be > administrators. > If they are able to copy the files to another computer and > set up mysql > themselves, they could get access to the entire database > directly and export > any or all data. Configuring the service to run as a > different user would > not prevent this. And, they would have access to the files as > administrator. > As I see it, the passwords for users are only used by the > service itself and > passwords are not applied to the files themselves. As for > operating systems, > we are going to support Windows NT, 2000, & XP. > > ""David Crane"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 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? > > > > > > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: > http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
