@AviD in some/most/alot of cases the DBMS user will have access to the app. code making access to keys stored there less of a protection than users might think
not to say that there aren't some cases where it would've helped but I, for one, wouldn't rely on that separation...
@AviD "Currency" in general is a shared dream, that works as long as nobody awakens. However, this is more stable in the long run when it is backed by some powerful tangible reality (gold ingots previously, now nuclear warheads).
even if it WERE a valid protection from THAT THREAT, it still wouldnt be an acceptable solution, since there are other threats that are not prevented by it.
@RоryMcCune again just to be clear: I am not saying symmetric encryption is okay for passwords. I am merely stating that it is not riskfully equivalent to plaintext.
you know a product is horribly outdated when the official documentation talks about a recent add-on to support "newer GUI-based operating systems, like Windows 95".
it is interesting though, since the language design and very architecture of the programming environment is like visiting a history musuem.
f.e. there is a seperate environment if you want to be able to "rapid compile" your application, though that will run sluggishly, and a different one if want it to compile it to a precompile pseudo-C language that will get compiled into C code which will then be precompiled and then compiled into efficient machine code.
'course, you can't just go and do that in a regular work day.
I guess they expect you to schedule a timeslot on the mainframe for real compilation.
@DavidFreitag There's a few movies with this theme already unfortunately - or more accurately only a small number survive and the next 2 hours is spent watching how they get along.
@DavidFreitag It's brilliant because nobody would expect it.
@ThomasPornin I was just imagining a scene in the NSA command room where Gen Keith Datasaurus is frustrated with Winstanly, the elderly record keeper still working past retiring age who hasn't yet really mastered technology. Gen Keith is frustrated because when asked to redact several important documents, Winstanley used a black marker on the screen...
...but it turns out this is all a massive ploy. Winstanly is in fact a super hacker and perfectly placed with a set of brand new pliers in his draw, ready to rain cyberterrorism down from the inside.
I can probably work the Queen into being a double agent in too.
@DavidFreitag But but but! I was going to say every bond film has car races, a scene in a casino and a dastardly plot to destroy the world.
I've got the last one. For the other two we can have a motability scooter chase scene and our hero can confront his/her enemies in a high stakes bingo night game.
It would be difficult to do scenes where Bond and these terrorists interact with each other. Bond would surely be able to drop an elderly person with ease.
