Outstanding article. I think the most important statement you made in the entire article was your last: "Although using back doors can be dangerous, you need to be able to recognize them when you run across them in your production databases and be able to provide alternatives". This is the primary key when you starting using back doors of any kind. If you are not careful with them it is a good way to get your foot slammed in them! They do have their downsides and you do have to know what you are doing when you use them. I would 't experiment on a production system with them until you are well familiar with their benefits as well as their possible nasty side-affects.

Travis8/17/2004 2:47:45 PM