Shared network drive access question

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A client's primary billing software requires a mapped drive to the data
folder on the 2k server.

The concern is that with the mapped drive the users can see and peruse (and
possibly copy and/or download?) the data on the drive. How can data be
sufficiently shared without security risks?

thank you,

jm
 
If the user has access to the data, they can read it. Some programs (not
many) actually use their own credentials to access rather than the user's.
But in most cases, the best you can do is store the data file in a folder
all by itself and map the drive to that folder so that ONLY that file can be
accessed. If the file is stored on an NTFS partition, you can encrypt it and
give the users who need access the ability to decrypt it. If this is a
Windows domain, the keys are stored in Active Directory, and even if they
copied the file and took it off site, the file would be unreadable. Don't
take encryption lightly! Be SURE to back up the keys in MULTIPLE places, on
and off site so that when disaster strikes, you can still get at your data.

....kurt
 
Another option if your are running Win2003 SP1 you can use ABE (Access base
emulation) works great!
 
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