"Hilary Cotter" <hilaryk@att.net> wrote in message
news:%23ubezUn8DHA.2480@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> one more point. Use NT authentication on your FTP server. Your account
and
> password will be sent plain text, but only a sniffer on the distributor,
> publisher, or subscriber will be able to read these plain text accounts
and
> passwords.
>
> If a hacker has compromised your system to the point that he/she has been
> able to install a sniffer locally you have much bigger security problems
to
> worry about.
>
> "Michael Tissington" <michael@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:%23SJ9NUm8DHA.2116@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > I hope I'm missing something here .... but it seems to me that if I set
up
> > replication over the internet (with ftp) and allow anonymous
subscriptions
> > then anyone who knows the publisher and database name can access the
> > database.
> >
> > Is this correct ?
> >
> > --
> > Michael Tissington
> > http://www.oaklodge.com
> > http://www.tabtag.com
> >
> >
>
>

"Michael Tissington" <michael@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:%23SJ9NUm8DHA.2116@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> I hope I'm missing something here .... but it seems to me that if I set up
> replication over the internet (with ftp) and allow anonymous subscriptions
> then anyone who knows the publisher and database name can access the
> database.
>
> Is this correct ?
>
> --
> Michael Tissington
> http://www.oaklodge.com
> http://www.tabtag.com
>
>

"Michael Tissington" <michael@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:%23SJ9NUm8DHA.2116@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> I hope I'm missing something here .... but it seems to me that if I set up
> replication over the internet (with ftp) and allow anonymous subscriptions
> then anyone who knows the publisher and database name can access the
> database.
>
> Is this correct ?
>
> --
> Michael Tissington
> http://www.oaklodge.com
> http://www.tabtag.com
>
>