Re: Microsoft Access 97 Stores Database Password as Plaintext

From: Michael Nelson (mikenelat_private)
Date: Fri Feb 12 1999 - 09:53:31 PST

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Access doesn't use Structured Storage for its databases like Excel and
Word do for their file formats.

-mike

On Tue, 9 Feb 1999, Will Cox wrote:

> 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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