>Dmitry, if you use Craig Boyd's vfpencryption.fll you're looking at fewer than 5 lines of code to encrypt/decrypt the connection string, though the encrypted version is binary and may be better as a .bin file on disk rather than in xml.
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>As IT moves more into the CFO's area, Security Audits and similar will become more common IMHO. If you document these features in a security policy, it looks highly professional and allows an immediate tick in the security box.
Thank you, John. I am taking notes. At this point, however, I am really concerned with finishing the application (I am way behind the delivery). So I will tweak the security aspects of the application more once it is ready and delivered.
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