mde/ade security - Microsoft Access / VBA

lauren quantrell

Are mde and ade files really secure?
I don't want to know how to do it, but is it possible for someone to
crack an mde or ade file and then open it as if it was not secured?
lq

Nov 13 '05 #1

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Rick Brandt

lauren quantrell wrote:

Are mde and ade files really secure?
I don't want to know how to do it, but is it possible for someone to
crack an mde or ade file and then open it as if it was not secured?
lq

MDE/ADE make it impossible to edit or see the code. They do nothing to
prevent someone from "opening" it. It is not really a security setting at
all. The source code cannot be viewed because it is simply no longer there.

It might be possible for someone to derive some of the source code from the
compiled code, but it's likely not worth the effort so I wouldn't sweat it.
Any code you've written can be re-written easier than it would be to do so.

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Nov 13 '05 #2

lauren quantrell

It sounds like what you are saying is that there is no "crack" that
would allow someone to open the mde/ade and get at the code or
form/report designs?

Nov 13 '05 #3

Scott McDaniel

None that I've ever seen ... there are plenty of cracks that allow you to
bypass Access passwords and User Level Security, but none that will
decompile the mde/ade format.

"lauren quantrell" <la*************@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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It sounds like what you are saying is that there is no "crack" that
would allow someone to open the mde/ade and get at the code or
form/report designs?

Nov 13 '05 #4

lauren quantrell

Scott,
Good to know!
lq

Scott McDaniel wrote:

None that I've ever seen ... there are plenty of cracks that allow you to bypass Access passwords and User Level Security, but none that will
decompile the mde/ade format.

"lauren quantrell" <la*************@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:11**********************@o13g2000cwo.googlegr oups.com...
It sounds like what you are saying is that there is no "crack" that
would allow someone to open the mde/ade and get at the code or
form/report designs?

Nov 13 '05 #5

Arno R

I am 100% positive that I have seen (and tested) a utiliy (crack) that was able to get the form-design of mde-files.
Not the code, but only the design and all the controls.
I will look it up if you are interested.

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"Scott McDaniel" <scott@NO_SPAM_HEREthedatabaseplace.net> schreef in bericht news:GP********************@comcast.com...

None that I've ever seen ... there are plenty of cracks that allow you to
bypass Access passwords and User Level Security, but none that will
decompile the mde/ade format.

"lauren quantrell" <la*************@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:11**********************@o13g2000cwo.googlegr oups.com...
It sounds like what you are saying is that there is no "crack" that
would allow someone to open the mde/ade and get at the code or
form/report designs?

Nov 13 '05 #6

Rick Brandt

Arno R wrote:

I am 100% positive that I have seen (and tested) a utiliy (crack)
that was able to get the form-design of mde-files.
Not the code, but only the design and all the controls.
I will look it up if you are interested.

I believe I have heard of that as well, but what big secrets are there going to
be in the design of a form or report (if there's no code)? Indeed even if the
code was there? I use MDEs to keep them compiled and to prevent nosy users from
shooting themselves in the foot. I have no illusions that any of my code would
be more than trivial to reproduce by any other developer.
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Nov 13 '05 #7

Arno R

"Rick Brandt" <ri*********@hotmail.com> schreef in bericht news:JL*****************@newssvr12.news.prodigy.co m...

I believe I have heard of that as well, but what big secrets are there going to
be in the design of a form or report (if there's no code)? Indeed even if the
code was there? I use MDEs to keep them compiled and to prevent nosy users from
shooting themselves in the foot. I have no illusions that any of my code would
be more than trivial to reproduce by any other developer.

I fully agree with you Rick as far as the 'big design secrets' are concerned.
The option of restoring the design from mde's can become handy where one only has the mde, and the mdb is corrupted...
I noticed that questions like these do come up here.

Arno R

Nov 13 '05 #8

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