https://www.machform.com/forums/ MachForm Community Forums Topic: Data Security en Wed, 06 May 2026 06:32:27 +0000 https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/data-security#post-1300 Sat, 05 Apr 2008 06:32:10 +0000 AMurray 1300@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>As far as Machform is concerned, using MySQL as the database is as secure as any other. DB; you can start by making the db password and user name (you would have set these up when you installed the script) hard to guess.</p> <p>A second way would be to protect the data being submitted by encrypting the data coming from the web form itself this is done by use of a 128 bit SSL connection (https:// rather than <a href="http://" rel="nofollow">http://</a>) would be an advantage. Banks use that method for their internet banking services.</p> <p>It may be worth investigating - speak to your host about implementing such a feature (it might be part of your hosting options).</p> <p>See this posting from this forum about using the Machform with SSL:<br /> <a href="http://www.appnitro.com/forums/topic/running-under-ssl?replies=21" rel="nofollow">http://www.appnitro.com/forums/topic/running-under-ssl?replies=21</a> </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/data-security#post-1298 Sat, 05 Apr 2008 05:57:44 +0000 iain401 1298@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>I use Machform for an application form for a club. Some of the members have questioned the security of members data. How easy is it to get access to a mysql database? What other ways could members data be compromised</p> <p>Iain </p>