jeffshap Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 So how do I prevent someone from using their own copy of Filemaker Pro, creating a database, identifying my hosted but hidden database as an external data source and then browsing any records in the file? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughan Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 Passwords. Additional security can be offered by a VPN, but it all boils down to restricting access through passwords and well-considered access privileges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffshap Posted March 7, 2008 Author Share Posted March 7, 2008 I setup passwords and security but I am not sure I understand if can be improved. If someone knows the hosted database name and they have a password to access that database, is there anyway to prevent them from creating a new database, referencing the hosted/remote database as an external data source, creating layouts and viewing every table/record in the database? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genx Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 ... I hate to ask this, but why give the person a user name and password in the first place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffshap Posted March 7, 2008 Author Share Posted March 7, 2008 Without usernames and passwords how would you control security on databases? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven H. Blackwell Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 Record Level Access can help with this. But it is not a 100 percent solution. Steven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffshap Posted March 7, 2008 Author Share Posted March 7, 2008 I was hopnig there was an extended privledge setting somewhere. In regards to the Record Access, I understand I can setup limited access based on a function call but the application in question uses the sepration model and I would like to record restrict access to the "Data" database to calls from the "Screens/Scripting" database. Any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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