Re: Fwd: ODBC MySQL Password as plain text

Tompkins Neil <[email protected]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:47:54 +0000

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.db.mysql.odbc,gmane.comp.db.mysql.general
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I wondered if anyone else had any thoughts on this issue ?

Cheers
Neil

On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 12:40 PM, Jay Ess <[email protected]> wrote:

> Tompkins Neil wrote:
>
>> Following my previous email.  I've now configured my database connection
>> using a ODBC DNSLESS SSL connection. However the problem still remains,
>> the
>> password is stored in the ASP file in plain text.  Does anyone have any
>> recommendations on how to overcome this issue ?
>>
>>
> Secure the access to the ASP-source file.
> You *could* encrypt it but then you have to store the key for it somewhere
> the ASP can access and ..... Catch 22.
>
>
>
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