Greetings all;

I'm wondering what people here use to obscure the username/password they use in their perl scripts to connect to a DB?
This comes across the age-old problem of needing the password secure - but to still make it accessable to whatever needs to find it...

So: Your perl script connects to a RDBMS. This naturally requires a username/password to connect.
You don't want this findable should someone break into your server and find the perl scripts.
But if the perl scripts need to get to the password - is there anyway to stop any intruder from doing the same?
And then, continuing that line of thought, using a local method (Say scripts of his own, or maybe install an client) to connect to that database and get to the raw data?

Much obliged for the thought processes;

JP
-- Alexander Widdlemouse undid his bellybutton and his bum dropped off --

In reply to Protecting your DBI user/password in scripts? by JPaul

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