[AccessD] Himachi

Just off the top of my head I would hope that the password authentication is
handled in a similar way to Windows Authentication: i.e. a one-way hash
algorithm running on your machine takes the password you enter, calculates
the hash value and passes that over the line to the server, and that is
what's used to authenticate. Being a one-way hash value, one cannot retrieve
the password from it, and so if the server is hacked your password should be
safe.

Lambert

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From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Helmut Kotsch
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 4:30 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Himachi


John,
I have played with Himachi yesterday and it works perfect also behind
routers and firewalls. Since I still use Windows 2000 without the remote
desktop feature of XP I use UltraVNC for remote support. Works great as
well. UltraVnc (http://ultravnc.sourceforge.net/) is also free and works
faster and more reliable than anything else I used before. Himachi is
supposed to solve the security problem when using the internet as your
network connection. I listened to Steve Gibsons Episode18 mp3-track on
Himachi. He states that it is absolutely secure. I still have an uncertain
feeling about what I should think about it since I'm not that knowledgeable
about the whole subject. Doesn't have the server moderating the connection
have to store the password I assign and couldn't that bee misused?

Helmut