Database security

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Peter Lingo

Hello,
I have often read that a mdb which is password-protected is easily to crack,
beacause there are tools available which read out the passwords.
Is there no way to make sure that nobody can get in to the access-database?
Are there other types of database which has a higher security level? Or is
the best way of security to encrypt the content of the database as an
additional step?

Thanks Peter
 
Peter said:
Hello,
I have often read that a mdb which is password-protected is easily to
crack, beacause there are tools available which read out the
passwords.
Is there no way to make sure that nobody can get in to the
access-database?
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No there is no way that is 100%. You can do various things to make it
harder, but the bottom line is that Access is a file-based database. Users
need access to the file in order to use it (true of any desktop database).
If they have access to the file, the determined can hack their way through
whatever you've done. You can do lots to keep the curious out, but security
by obfuscating is not secure.
Are there other types of database which has a higher
security level?
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If you need a higher security level, then you can move to a server based
system such as SQL Server or Oracle.
 
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