pcsoft.us.windevCopyright 2026, PC SOFT4 Jun 2016 08:24:00 Z2 Jun 2016 09:03:00 ZHello, Probably more an IT question but thought i would get your take on it. I get asked all the time by clients what are the dangers of opening a port to allow external access to the HyperFileSQL Server. Is it safe? anything i should be dpoing to increase security if i do this? Thanks ISO30WEBDEVen_UShttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/57941-opening-port/read.awpmoderateur@pcsoft.fr (El moderador)webmaster@pcsoft.fr (El webmaster)guestpcsoft.us.windevhttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/57941-opening-port-57966/read.awp4 Jun 2016 08:24:00 ZHi, PC Soft says that a "buffer overflow", one of the most used ways to move alien code code into a computer and let it execute…https://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/57941-opening-port-57966/read.awphttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/57941-opening-port-57966/read.awpOpening a Portguestpcsoft.us.windevhttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/57941-opening-port-57964/read.awp4 Jun 2016 03:39:00 Zsometime even with only userID/password/and don't use common port no is enough . I have a friend did like that for his custom…https://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/57941-opening-port-57964/read.awphttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/57941-opening-port-57964/read.awpOpening a Portguestpcsoft.us.windevhttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/57941-opening-port-57960/read.awp3 Jun 2016 15:57:00 ZHi Piet, Based on your last comments, I would take a 2 pronged approach: 1) IP based restrictions so that you can access i…https://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/57941-opening-port-57960/read.awphttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/57941-opening-port-57960/read.awpOpening a Portguestpcsoft.us.windevhttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/57941-opening-port-57950/read.awp2 Jun 2016 18:52:00 ZHi guys, I mistakenly mentioned IIS where I meant Windows Server 2008. If an attacker succeeds in using e.g. a stack buffer …https://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/57941-opening-port-57950/read.awphttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/57941-opening-port-57950/read.awpOpening a Portguestpcsoft.us.windevhttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/57941-opening-port-57945/read.awp2 Jun 2016 14:49:00 ZHi all, Here's my personal opinion: First, if you only have known external IP's needing to connect to your HFSQL server, t…https://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/57941-opening-port-57945/read.awphttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/57941-opening-port-57945/read.awpOpening a Portguestpcsoft.us.windevhttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/57941-opening-port-57944/read.awp2 Jun 2016 14:29:00 ZHi Piet, >Can anyone give some tips to properly minimize the rights of the HFSQL service in IIS, so that in case of a hack th…https://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/57941-opening-port-57944/read.awphttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/57941-opening-port-57944/read.awpOpening a Portguestpcsoft.us.windevhttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/57941-opening-port-57943/read.awp2 Jun 2016 13:08:00 ZHi Iso, The risk of opening a port depends on the safety of the listening program. I'm assuming that the fact that HFSQL is …https://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/57941-opening-port-57943/read.awphttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/57941-opening-port-57943/read.awpOpening a Port