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> 
> Lange Marcus wrote:
> >> Not that it matters in your case. The password might as well be 
> >> "password" - if they get access to the files/application, 
> it's game 
> >> over.
> > 
> > What about having some of the columns encrypted in the database ? 
> > Will that improve things abit ?
> 
> Not unless you can keep the key protected. If you prevent 
> access to a file containing the key then you can do the same 
> to the database and application files.
> 
> 
> Can you tell us what you're trying to do? What are you going 
> to deploy, and what threats do you want to protect against?
> 

I have some data in an encrypted external dataformat that i wish to 
insert into the database and keep some level of protection/security 
and prevent/complicate the possibility to read and copy the data, that
is basically it.

Regards Marcus



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