Fortunatly for Past Perfect users, the web database is generated from selected fields of the collections records (user-
defined) and saved as a series of HTML files.  In our case, the web pages reside on the University Web server, which is
not connected to our file server, where the original database resides (that machine has no internet access, although it
could be broken into from the campus network, but that's a different security concern).  Whatever system you use for
internet access to collections, it is always good to create a seperate database which does not contain any confidential
information, and place it on a seperate server.

1/25/01 7:57:28 PM,         Cheryl Maslin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Please proceed with caution when combining databases from different
>functions of the museum.  Any and all records involving fundraising
>(membership, donors, etc) should be considered high security, as should
>certain levels of information regarding your collections- including
>certain legal document regarding the acquisitions process and in some
>cases some donors would wish to remain anon.;
>
>If your system allows for collections to be broadcast on the web, and it
>is linked to your fundraising records, the possibility exists for a
>"cracked door" in which an unauthorized person or persons may gain
>access to sensitive material.  If you remember the occasional hacker
>breaks into companies and threatens to broadcast millions of credit card
>numbers or medical records, etc.

James H Tichgelaar
Registrar, Arkansas State University Museum
http://museum.astate.edu

"All we ever wanted was everything.  All we ever got was cold."

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