Re: Microsoft Access 97 Stores Database Password as Plaintext

[mikenel () IAPETUS COM (Michael Nelson)]

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 sozni () USA NET 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