xml and security

I know to create a "relativly" secure database but how do i implement any kind of data security on the web with xml? i am using xml to store data that will later be migrated to a db when my site is on more firm ground but i want the data to be secure.

thanks

you could;
a) encrypt the data
and/or
b) remove anonymous and Everyone access to the file

using nt user accounts outside of an intranet. would i do something like have a special account setupy like xml_user and when people log in they gain access to that account? or am i off base?

basically you just make it o the xml file cannot be accessed by downloading through IE. You make it not accesable except to the network so hat only your application on the same computer can access it.

here's something similar...

my users also want their web application to be avaliable offline.
so i also thought of using xml for the offline version (the orginal on sql)

but i can't run my web app without a server...
would i have to create another application just in vb?

but then you sit with two applications to maintain...

any ideas?

you cannot run asp/aspx without a webserver..It is not like html which is able to be viewed in a webbrowser from a local drive. Something has to process the aspx code

yes i know!
but what can i do about it?