Introduction to FileMaker Pro web security    15

Additional security features in FileMaker Pro

In addition to the two primary security mechanisms explained in the previous section, 

FileMaker Pro uses the following features to provide security for your web published databases:  

Web Companion configuration and the cdml_format_files folder.

Web Companion configuration

The Web Companion offers two important security features: the ability to log the IP addresses, 

dates, and times of all requests, and the ability to limit access to only those IP addresses you specify 

in advance. 

Use access logging to learn important information about the users who access your database 

through the Web Companion. You can identify users who are foreign to your network, and get 

accurate counts of the number of Web Companion guests your database is serving.

Use the 

Restrict  access to IP address(es

) feature to limit web access to only those IP addresses that 

you specify in advance. If you plan on hosting your database to a select group of web users whose 

IP addresses you already know, you will effectively create a closed network when you enter those 

IP addresses in the 

Restrict  access to IP address(es

) area of the Web Companion Configuration 

dialog box.

Both of these security features can be enabled from the Web Companion Configuration dialog box.

To open the Web Companion Configuration dialog box:

Mac OS and Windows: Select 

Edit

 menu 

> Preferences > Application Preferences

. From the 

Plug 

ins

 tab, select 

Web Companion

 and click 

Configure

. 

Mac OS X: Select 

FileMaker Pro

 menu 

> Preferences > Application Preferences

. From the 

Plug ins

tab, select 

Web Companion

 and click 

Configure

.

Enable access 

logging here

Enter your users' IP 

addresses here