On Fri, 15 Nov 2002, [iso-8859-1] Faßhauer, Wolfgang, FCI3 wrote:
one database user because of resource limits. The problem I see is that the
password for connecting to the database is clear readable in the perl
script.
Does anybody know how to hide that password?
Have you thought of running
On Fri, 15 Nov 2002, Rafiq Ismail (ADMIN) wrote:
On Fri, 15 Nov 2002, [iso-8859-1] Faßhauer, Wolfgang, FCI3 wrote:
one database user because of resource limits. The problem I see is that the
password for connecting to the database is clear readable in the perl
script.
Does anybody know
Hi,
I want to build a database application based on mod_perl and Apache::DBI.
The goal of Apache::DBI is to get persistent database connections using
only
one database user because of resource limits. The problem I see is that
the
password for connecting to the database is clear readable in the
On Fri, 15 Nov 2002, [iso-8859-1] Faßhauer, Wolfgang, FCI3 wrote:
Have you thought of running your webserver as some 'www' user? You can
then make your scripts readonly by a 'dev' group which the www user and
the developes are members of.
CORRECT:
'readonly' should be 'only readable' by
Yes, that's our plan, too. But the risk still remains that someone
will get a look to the script. I think, there is a golden rule: Never put
clear text passwords in files. Those files are stored in archives by backup
for example. There maybe a lot of people (sysadmin, developer, ...)
On Fri, 15 Nov 2002, [iso-8859-1] Faßhauer, Wolfgang, FCI3 wrote:
Hmm. I think that the guy who wrote Blowfish_PP would cut my
danglies off
for that one.
This is an interesting idea.
Cutting my danglies off? hmm. Sounds painful.
Many thanks to you, Rafiq!
s'ok, although I wouldn't implement
On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 12:52:13PM +, Rafiq Ismail (ADMIN) wrote:
$Apache::PARANOID::dbiPassword
= $bfish-decrypt($encryptedPassword);
then whenever you want your password you access
$Apache::PARANOID::dbiPassword.
Hmm. I think that the guy who wrote Blowfish_PP would cut my
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Hi,
I want to build a database application based on mod_perl and Apache::DBI.
The goal of Apache::DBI is to get persistent database connections using
only
one database user because of resource limits. The
