Rick Root wrote:
>
> One of the best ways to store database passwords securely is in an
> environment variable.  I do this for my clients when they request it..
> basically, the httpd.conf is root read only... I put the requested
> passwords in there in plaintext using the SetEnv directive within the
> virtualhost section for a given site.

For what it's worth, this is probably possible with IIS as well, but I'm
not sure... your mileage may vary!

  - Rick
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