THere is *ALWAYS* a possibilitiy that you can be hacked. with vfp - you should do some encrypting/branding of your code; a guy named
Leonid has made a pretty good tool that he has indicated might be freeware when
he releases.
Anyway -- the code can be dcompiled & someone can see your connection string.
someone can packet sniff & watch teh data going back & forth.
There are exploits for sql2000 to gain access
If your firewall is up to date, and by "outsider" you mean not on your local
network; the chances are probably fairly low.
On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 17:51:49 +0530, "Dinesh" <dinesh_pl2001@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>We have connection with sql server 2000 with front end visual foxpro 9 in
>which we gave rights to user and install front end exe in client computer is
>there any possibility that outsider can hack our server. how it possiblity
>pls tell
>
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