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> I am using servlets / JDBC. It has been suggested that the best thing to
do
> with the DB password is to stick it into an "Environment variable" on the
> web server and get it via a "getProperty()" call from within the servlet.
> (This is opposed to having it "hard coded" into a class file which is what
> I currently do).
>
> Does anybody have any comments on the relative security of both methods?
Or
> is there a better way which I have not heard about?

My only comment is that this is how I am doing it all the time and I
am uncomfortable with it. I'd like also to hear of alternatives other
have come up with.





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