Are you able to download the database directly from AdminCP?

[tbworld]

Originally Posted by blind-eddie

I knew you could back it, but never used the option. I thought it would be saved within your site folder only, not allow you to download it.
I set it in config so no one could use this option. I considered it a security flaw.

After thinking about it a little. I am sure that vBulletin designed it to be safe, if
carefully deployed. The problem is beginners do not carefully deploy anything. So I do think it is an expert option that should be used carefully or not at all -- granted, I have not looked at the code.