User manual
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 Introducing FileMaker Pro
- Chapter 2 Using databases
- About database fields and records
- Opening files
- Opening multiple windows per file
- Closing windows and files
- Saving files
- About modes
- Viewing records
- Adding and duplicating records
- Deleting records
- Entering data
- Finding records
- Making a find request
- Performing quick finds based on data in one field
- Finding text and characters
- Finding numbers, dates, times, and timestamps
- Finding ranges of information
- Finding data in related fields
- Finding empty or non-empty fields
- Finding duplicate values
- Finding records that match multiple criteria
- Finding records except those matching criteria
- Saving find requests
- Deleting and reverting requests
- Viewing, repeating, or changing the last find
- Hiding records from a found set and viewing hidden records
- Finding and replacing data
- Sorting records
- Previewing and printing databases
- Automating tasks with scripts
- Backing up database files
- Setting preferences
- Chapter 3 Creating databases
- Planning a database
- Creating a FileMaker Pro file
- Defining database fields
- Using supplemental fields
- Setting options for fields
- Defining database tables
- Creating layouts and reports
- Setting up a layout to print records in columns
- Working with objects on a layout
- Working with fields on a layout
- Working with parts on a layout
- Chapter 4 Working with related tables and files
- Chapter 5 Sharing and exchanging data
- Sharing databases on a network
- Importing and exporting data
- Saving and sending data in other formats
- Sending email messages based on record data
- Supported import/export file formats
- ODBC and JDBC
- Methods of importing data into an existing file
- About adding records
- About updating existing records
- About updating matching records
- About the importing process
- Converting a data file to a new FileMaker Pro file
- About the exporting process
- Working with external data sources
- Publishing databases on the web
- Chapter 6 Protecting databases with accounts and privilege sets
- Chapter 7 Converting databases from FileMaker Pro 6 and earlier
- Chapter 8 Security measures
- Index
198 | Security measures
Enhancing operating system security
Use the security features of your operating system to restrict access to
important data. The network administrator should provide access only to
individuals authorized to administer and maintain the system or the FileMaker
databases. In addition, they should:
1 Track system user IDs and passwords.
1 Restrict access to the FileMaker Pro application and file directories,
servers, and web pages.
1 Review remote access settings for file sharing and FTP.
1 Restrict file upload or download access.
1 Make sure all users have the latest, most secure versions of operating
system software.
1 To streamline processes, you can enable external authentication, which
uses accounts that have been configured in the Windows Domain
Authentication or in Apple Open Directory. For more information, see
FileMaker
Pro Help.
1 Do not put FileMaker Pro files on file servers to share them. Use the built-
in networking feature in FileMaker
Pro and FileMaker Server. This
prevents the files from being inappropriately copied or from introducing
record locking and potential corruption issues when files are shared with
inappropriate methods.
Establishing network security
Databases shared on an intranet or the internet use the TCP/IP protocol. You
may also use the TCP/IP protocol when you share databases peer-to-peer, or
with FileMaker Server. Though TCP/IP is good for moving data and allowing
clients to connect to your data, it was not designed with security as a primary
objective. Unless you take precautions, it can provide uninvited access to your
host computer, server software, databases, and perhaps to other client machines
on your internal network. TCP/IP doesn't provide very much protection for
data, so it is important to place barricades such as firewalls and SSL data
encryption in the path of uninvited visitors.
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