Access mdb file hacking

[jigolo]

There are some programs to find mdb access bd password, anyone know what to do to secure an mdb file?
My file has a big ascii password and is encrypted and it doesn't help.

 

[kneejnick]

switch to MySQL

 

[psemianonymous]

Agreed on that--if you want to secure your Access database, you're going to have to use obfuscation, i.e. rename the file to something like "README.TXT" (no one reads them anyway, right?) or even something fun, like "MSXML.DLL".

And/or you can use some external encryption program to encrypt the database, so you would 1)decrypt the database, 2)use the decrypted database while the program is open, 3)encrypt the database again.

...but Access/JET is fundamentally unsecurable.

 

[Akusei]

Why not use MSDE?

 

[chiph]

MSDE isn't really secure, either.

Your choices are use a database designed for security (Oracle has a version they sell to the CIA), or encrypt the data before writing it to the database (plays hell with your indexes and doing searches!)

Chip H.


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