Re: Re: Hiding DBI Passwords?

Bad idea. Anybody smart enough to look in the code to try and find the password will be smart enough to decrypt it.

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(boo) Re: Hiding DBI Passwords? -- a challenge -- by boo_radley (Parson) on Feb 20, 2001 at 02:48 UTC
Deletia update I seem to have misunderstood what was happening, or misrepresented what my original thought on the matter was, or maybe just didn't explain well enough. Your --s have spoken loudly enough, and I will drop the subject... updated	[reply]
Re: (boo) Re: Hiding DBI Passwords? -- a challenge -- by extremely (Priest) on Feb 20, 2001 at 03:25 UTC
Make it the same challenge that he posted about. Provide the key too.. You can't lock a house and hang the key from a string on the porch. The example you provided is no more secure than just having the password in there... -- $you = new YOU; honk() if $you->love(perl)	[reply]