Protecting Intellectual property

[SJS]

I have a FP web with an access DB that is publicly accessible. I would
HIGHLY prefer that it not need registration or password access. However, the
Access DB behind it holds thousands of hours of work. I'd like to protect
that intellectual property from unscrupulous manipulation by 2-3 others that
(for reasons outside this scope) backup the site and/or have edit access.
It makes sense to me that the DB itself must be password protected, but FP
will be in control. Can what I want to do actually be accomplished? How
close can I come? The theory of protecting the DB but keeping it publicly
available seems in conflict...
Thoughts appreciated.

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

Your web host would have to allow you to store the database outside of the web root with a System
DSN connection, and FTP would be used to upload/download the database, and you would be the only one
with the FTP login.

In the FP web, you would remove the database from the fpdb folder, but do not delete the folder or
the global.asa file, etc.

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[SJS]

Thomas, I think I can make that happen... Are there any tutorials on this
subject in case I run into trouble? Great idea, I think it's a perfect
solution.

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

No tutorials that I am aware of.

It is just something that I do with all of my projects, to ensure additional security of the data. I
do not set any passwords directly on the database

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