Securing a Database for Distribution
When a database is used only in one office or on a local area network (LAN) or wide area network (WAN), you have considerable control over who has access to it. But if you send the database out into the world—on its own or as part of a larger application—you lose that control. There is no way you can know who is using it or what tools they might have available to hack into it. If thinking about this keeps you awake at night, you should distribute your database as a Microsoft Database Executable (MDE) file.
Suppose the owners of The Garden Company want to make a database available for use by gardening clubs in the area, but they don’t want people to be able to change its objects and perhaps "break" things. Saving ...
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