Re: Advice for minimal password security on an open source app

Dan Cooperstock <dcoops@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm writing an open source application that uses the Firebird embedded
database. Firebird doesn't have database encryption, and embedded Firebird
doesn't have real password security for the database. So, right away, I
understand that the database itself is not secure

Secure against what threats?

Yours,
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