[ANN] Introducing Remote DB Lib

[William Prothero]

Andre:
I just uploaded the php script and tested out your remoteDbLib. I love it. It will make db access much more robust and easier for me to manage. Great job!
Best,
Bill P

> On Jun 6, 2017, at 1:16 PM, Andre Garzia via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> DB Lib (andregarzia/projects/dblib) is a minimalistic database library for
> LiveCode that works on Desktop and Mobile and allows you to build
> database-savvy apps without writing SQL directly.
> 
> This post is to introduce a great new feature called Remote DB Lib. As you
> may know from posts on the mailing list and forums, many developers would
> like to use DB Lib in their apps over the internet. Like all other database
> libraries that work on top of RevDB, DB Lib (until today) needed to connect
> directly to the database server to work and this is not a good solution for
> apps that work over the internet since exposing MySQL to the internet at
> large is a huge security risk.
> 
> Today I am releasing the first version of a drop-in replacement library
> called **Remote DB Lib**. This new library has the same API as the current
> DB Lib but instead of working on top of RevDB, it works alongside a
> matching PHP file on your server, it is this PHP file that actually talks
> to the database server. The Remote DB Lib picks all your DB Lib calls and
> packs it on an encrypted message that is sent to the PHP file where it is
> decrypted and executed. This library is using state of the art AES 256
> encryption.
> 
> More info at: andregarzia.com/en/blog/introducing-remote-dblib
> 
> This new library is a part of the DB Lib product so all current customers
> should be receiving an update notice shortly. For those that don't have a
> license yet, this is a good time to get it and enhance the security of your
> apps.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> andre
> 
> 
> <http://andregarzia.com/en/blog/introducing-remote-dblib>
> 
> 
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