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#Hacking my own #FileMaker file…

A ‘hacker’ doesn’t need your Full Access account name and password to enter your file. Just access is enough. A backup copy or shared access to the file…

In the really old days before the Internet and security problems, we’d link to one of our solution files and not think anything about that since that was the way it works. With 100 files, I had a zillion links and often had to create a new one…

#Windows 10 #FileMaker 14

I waited and waited and finally decided to update to Windows 10 after 10,000 popups from Microsoft telling me I should. Wow, nice clean look for FileMaker 14…just before it crashed. OK, it had done that before I updated or upgraded. FileMaker used to be quite reliable and trouble free several decades ago but that was before the Internet and all the really cool bells and whistles.

I haven’t delved…

Here’s an interesting page for those who aren’t concerned about all of the data being harvested over the Internet:

What the Internet has about you.

FileMaker scripters understand about links and TOs and relationships, at least somewhat. I’m sure that newer users aren’t fully versed in exactly what that means and it took me a while to understand.

So, imagine if you will that one harvester has one…

#filemaker #security 2 Factor Authentication Weakness

2 Factor Authentication has become the latest ‘Hot Topic’ for FileMaker security. If the Account, Computer or other is unrecognized we will send an email with a PIN so the user can verify the credentials. …FAIL…

In a database where little or no damage can be done, then this might be OK. But for a database with extreme value than this method has many weaknesses.

For instance, a CEO has a problem…

#filemaker #WebViewer and malware

I use Adblock Plus and Ghostery to reduce the amount of invasive trackers and data thieves employed by websites. An examination of the hmtl by using Command + U shows that most of the script is used to invade my privacy and scrape information to sell to others. Techniques are also being used to insert code from the server that isn’t included in the code sent to me from the web page.

However,…

#filemaker 14 and #windows10

Windows 10 is buggy. Do an Internet search for “Is Windows 10 Buggy” or other terminology. I found this post:

http://betanews.com/2015/09/15/windows-10-is-shaping-up-to-be-the-most-unstable-release-since-millennium-edition-me/

This page and many others indicate that once again Microsoft has released a beta version of an operating system and that users are unhappy.

Like all other software,…

Note: this is humor, i hope…

When you sign login to our site or send an email or fill out any form asking for personal information you become a profit center for us, this is how we can offer so many free things. We grab every last bit of information we can from your computer which is just about everything and from all of your previous, current and future Internet excursions.

When you buy…

#filemaker Get(AccountName) bug(?) in my file

FileMaker isn’t concerned with case when you enter your account name but is when you enter your password when logging into a FileMaker database. No big deal, right. Unless you are using the account name in a situation where case is important.

I was a bit lazy so I used a single letter for the account and password so I could work faster with parts of the database. Those 18 letter account names and…

#filemaker #fmpFirewall enhances your database

fmpFirewall is not a replacement for the passwords and accounts nor as an enhancement but as a tracker…who is inside your file…  This is something that FileMaker does not offer although the admin using server can see some information. If you haven’t added your own accounts and passwords and privilege sets, your file has zero security and any one anywhere in the galaxy can enter your file and do…

#filemaker Client IP and 24U Toolbox

The hills abound with cries from FileMaker scripters about how to get the Client IP address. Now there is an easy answer, 24U Toolbox.

I found 4 sites, at least, that return the Client IP address and there are dozens of replies in blogs and forums describing how to scrape the IP address out of all the text returned in the Insert From URL function. Testing these sites I found it takes as long as…

#filemaker No server is secure, get over it…

Developer’s rebuke me with how many ways they employ Microsoft stuff to secure their server and then I read posts on the Internet on how easy it is to by pass Microsoft security measures. What gives?

I am not an expert on hacking someone else’s computer but it wouldn’t take long to learn the techniques as information is widely available on the Internet and in books and magazines. Information on…

#filemaker Better than Bad…I did it!

Since everybody in the galaxy can learn what your Get(PersistentId) is and all of the other get()s including the list of all of the documents in your documents folder, how do we create a unique ID.

No Problem, I’m behind a firewall and use all of Microsofts account management features and SSL and all that stuff…

But you don’t bother to see who is inside now and find out what they are doing or if…

#filemaker Why Get(PersistentID) is BAD

Get(PersistentID) delivers a unique identifier for each computer using FileMaker Pro, according to FileMaker, Inc. and with exceptions of course.

Sounds like a great ID for identifying a user and letting them inside or keeping them out…

The problem is that every FileMaker database in the known galaxy will create the same ID for that computer. So its not a secret and its not that unique, is it.…

FileMaker WebDirect is its best attempt to date to provide easy web pages created by less than experienced FileMaker scripters with no HTML experience. However, the PDF file for WebDirect lists exception after exception and things that don’t work so all is not rainbows.

However, there is one security flaw that FileMaker must address and that is a typical browser scenario.

When WebDirect exits…

#filemaker Two Factor Authentication is Weak

Two factor authentication is an attempt to improve on the weakness of using an account name and password probably because so many accounts have been compromised because of poor security practices by corporate websites. Many have begun using your cellphone as a secondary authentication to improve their security practices. This is being promoted for FileMaker by various developers looking for work.

Would it help to know the IP address your database client is using? Maybe your salesman is showing your competitor your prices, client list and costs? Or a hacker from the terrorist organizations is reading all of your top secret data on those groups? Or some one you fired…

Yes, a smart guy can spoof the IP address but maybe they forgot or anyway it isn’t one that you approve and that’s good…

#filemaker 14 Button Bar Magic

One of the better reasons for upgrading to FileMaker Pro 14 is the new button bar. This kicks it up a notch, BAM, and saves tons of times creating cool looking buttons and much, much more.

One just totaly knock me down and pick me up again is this one little super feature…

If you copy a button bar and paste it into another file, it takes with it all of the new icons you added to the first file.

A…