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Assessing Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Risks to FileMaker Pro Databases

Posted by Steven H. Blackwell, 05 June 2013 - * * * * - · 369 views

Assessing Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Risks to
FileMaker® Pro Databases



Hosted FileMaker Pro databases are susceptible to unauthorized access, manipulation, destruction, and other forms of compromise. Developers and server administrators need to understand how to assess threats and the risks of those risk’s occurring as various threat agents seek...



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The Beginning Of Wisdom

Posted by Steven H. Blackwell, 06 May 2013 - * * * * * · 521 views

“What's in a name? that which we call a rose,
  
By any other name would smell as sweet.”  

—Juliet (Romeo and Juliet , Act II, Scene 2, William Shakespeare)—  

“The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name.”  

—Confucius—  


An entire series of recent studies  published by well-known and well renown international security analysis...



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Ten Frequently Encountered Practices That Can Compromise Security of FileMaker Pro Files

Posted by Steven H. Blackwell, 09 April 2013 - - - - - - · 828 views

Ten Frequently Encountered Practices  
That Can Compromise Security of FileMaker Pro Files  

April 9th 2013


In our last installment, I noted:

“In 2013, I will be focusing on promoting the goal of achieving that understanding [meaning understanding FileMaker Server] along with the parallel and related one of overcoming a similar lack of understanding...



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Unskilled and Unaware

Posted by Steven H. Blackwell, 08 January 2013 - * * * * * · 758 views

Unskilled and Unaware Nearly fourteen years ago two Cornell University psychologists authored a definitive study titled Unskilled and Unaware of It . Their core thesis was that persons who were unskilled in any number of domains suffered a dual burden. They reach erroneous conclusions and make incorrect and unfortunate choices on the one hand. And second,...



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FileMaker Server 12 BackUps FAQs

Posted by Steven H. Blackwell, 12 September 2012 - - - - - - · 1,982 views

FileMaker Server 12 BackUps Frequently Asked Questions


FileMaker® Server 12 has a number of new features for creating backups of databases it hosts.

As evidenced by questions raised at the 2012 DevCon and as evidenced by a number of items posted on various FileMaker lists, there is a good deal of confusion still...



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FileMaker® Server 12: Bold New Steps

Posted by Steven H. Blackwell, 03 April 2012 - * * * * * · 5,979 views

April 27th--Update.

We were recently advised that a last minute change in the encryption level of secure storage resulted in that encryption's being 128 bit, not 256 bit as the attached document on Containers states. This is still a strong level of...



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External Server Authentication and [Full Access] Privileges… Life (or FileMaker) May Not Be What At First It Seems

Posted by Steven H. Blackwell, 11 February 2012 - - - - - - · 1,698 views

External Server Authentication and [Full Access] Privileges…

Life (or FileMaker) May Not Be What At First It Seems


-By-


Steven H. Blackwell


Someone recently advised me about a discussion on a FileMaker List that focused on the...



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Gas, Liquid, or Solid: Drive On

Posted by Steven H. Blackwell, 03 January 2012 - - - - - - · 1,361 views

Gas, Liquid, or Solid: Drive On


--By—


Steven H. Blackwell


January 3rd 2012



Happy New Year to FileMaker developers and users around the world. We have a lot of work to do in the FileMaker World in 2012, and I am eager to get started.

A very key element and requirement...



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A Different Perspective On Recently Released FileMaker, Inc. How To Paper Regarding External Authentication Configuration

Posted by Steven H. Blackwell, 26 October 2011 - - - - - - · 1,166 views

A Different Perspective On Recently Released

FileMaker, Inc. How To Paper

Regarding External Authentication Configuration

By

Wim Decorte

and

Steven H. Blackwell





I am pleased to have as co-author of this BLOG posting the renown...



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Locks, Keys, and Lock-Picking

Posted by Steven H. Blackwell, 10 September 2011 - - - - - - · 1,114 views

Locks, Keys, and Lock-Picking

By

Steven H. Blackwell
Platinum Member Emeritus, FileMaker Business Alliance


Recently, an experienced FileMaker Pro developer posed a question on developer group list about the behavior of FileMaker Pro files. Paraphrased, that question is as follows:

We've come across a small, but possible, security issue.



If a...



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