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Re: Questions...



Thanks for your awnser, it's just what I needed to know :) Do you think I can setup PGP on a
Virtual NTserver? My provider sure doesn't bundle PGP. What about the Win32 ODBC driver, is it
working with Minivend?

> ******    message to minivend-users from John Armstrong <siberian@siberian.org>     ******
>
> I think the internal minivend databases are much faster. I have used
> mysql ( which seriously outperforms MS ACCESS ) and compared it to
> the minivend database structure to find that the minivend method is
> quick! The only real reason( in my opinion ) to use an SQL solution
> is if you need some sort of flexibility or really clean integration
> with existing inventory/product systems. We have used SQL for that
> with great success.
>
> You do not want to encrypt your entire database. In fact, the only
> thing that needs encryption is the credit card # and minivend handles
> that on its own very easily (provided you have pgp set up properly ).
>
> Good luck, enjoy!
> John-
>
> >
> >I know Minivend has it's own database intregrated, would it be faster to
> >connect it on the MS-Access database we have with the webhosting
> >service? I heard Minivend doesn't work with Win32 ODBC driver, is that
> >true?.I suppose that's what my ISP's using. Would it be better to use
> >MS-SQL? I tried to convince my boss to use a UNIX-based solution but it
> >wouldn't want to. :(
> >
> >I heard about PGP encryption of the database, I suppose it is safer than
> >on a MS-Access database :) I don't know if I could use the PGP
> >encryption on an NT platform, anyone have done this?
> >
> >Pardon my poor english, french is my primary language.
> >
> >Thanks!
> >
> >Vincent Brousseau
> >Microson.com
> >
> >Content-Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature; name="smime.p7s"
> >Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="smime.p7s"
> >Content-Description: Signature cryptographique S/MIME
> >
> >Attachment converted: Boot Partition:smime.p7s (????/----) (0003A4EC)
>
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