mySQL: Non Network = Not Secure

[cts]

mySQL on a wind98 box is not secure:
open the table.MYD in a hex editor and you can see the data.

So mySQL relies on other security (eg Unix directory protection)

Can anyone suggest a simple secure database for wind98?

Access passwords are so easily cracked...

cheers
cts 3/3/03

[antares686]

As the windows 98 file system is FAT there is no db that will have agood protection schema in order to ensure performance. If you are concerned with security then move to a Server platform which has other security layers (as you suggest with Unix directory protection). Windows 98 was not designed to server applications and was really only a good choice for developement.

Most all DBs that encrypt the files have a loss in performance, this is why most companies stick with non-encrypted files. Better to let the OS handle than the App.