Re: [Security-Discuss] Possible PHP hole in Perl?

Mason Schmitt <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.mandrake.security.general
Organization Sunwave Cable Internet
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On June 15, 2004 12:16 am, Henrik Ingo wrote:
> > I don't know what alternative there is in PHP, but in Java you can put
> > that stuff in a config file that is not available in the normal download
> > path and it is encrypted in there as well.
>
> This is possible in PHP as well. The problem is, people will just put the
> username and password in the script anyway.
>
I would hope that if people are subscribed to this list that they are actually 
thinking about security and might decide not to put usernames and passwords 
in their scripts.  We cannot convince everyone to follow secure practices, 
but we can follow those secure practices ourselves.

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Mason Schmitt
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