How to secure your data in FileMaker Pro web publishing    19

Passwords protect access to your databases; however, passwords should not be viewed as a 100% 

secure form of protection. You should take other reasonable measures to protect access to your files 

and information, and not rely solely on passwords; for example:

If you use FileMaker Developer, consider using the FileMaker Developer Tool to remove 

the administrator password when appropriate.

If you host a FileMaker Pro database on a server, the administrator should user OS level 

security settings and passwords restrict access to the directories and files to authorized personnel 

only.

Protect the physical security of the computers, hard drives, and backup storage media where the 

database files reside.

For web shared solutions, especially on the Internet, consider 2 (or more) machine 

configurations, firewalls, SSL and other standard Internet technologies and practices in order to 

protect access to your database and to protect the communication between users  browsers and the 

server.

Specifying access privileges as the security method for Instant Web Publishing

After you have defined a web access password, verify that FileMaker Pro access privileges will be 

the security method used with Instant Web Publishing.

1. 

Choose 

Edit

 menu 

> Preferences > Application

.

Mac OS X: Choose 

FileMaker Pro

 menu 

> Preferences > Application

.

2. 

In the Application Preferences dialog box, click the 

Plug Ins

 tab.

3. 

Select the 

Web Companion Plug In

 from the list, then click 

Configure

.

4. 

In the Web Companion Configuration dialog box, make sure that 

FileMaker Pro Access Privileges

is selected.

5. 

You can also restrict database access to certain client IP addresses. When the

 Restrict access to 

IP address(es)

 box is checked, only those IP addresses specified (explicitly or through wildcards) in 

the accompanying text box will be granted web access.

This restriction will apply to all databases. Access privileges will still be enforced for those IP 

addresses that are granted access.

6. 

Click 

OK

.

7. 

Click 

OK

 in the Application Preferences dialog box.

Record by record protection for Instant Web Publishing using FileMaker Pro 

access privileges

You can use record by record access privileges in FileMaker Pro 6 to specify passwords that limit 

the ability of web users to browse, edit, or delete specific records.