Re: Microsoft Access 97 Stores Database Password as Plaintext

From: Will Cox (Will_Coxat_private)
Date: Tue Feb 09 1999 - 11:37:04 PST

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On Mon, 8 Feb 1999 sozniat_private wrote:
> The problem is that Access allocates the the space it needs for its tables
> but until used, that space will contain whatever used to be on those
> sectors on the hard drive.

Sounds like a problem with the OLE/COM rather than Access to me.

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q139/4/32.asp
http://www1.macintouch.com/o98security.html
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q189/3/76.asp

But that doesn't seem to have much bearing on the password storage.

/cwc

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