I'm wondering what people here use to obscure the username/password they use in their perl scripts to connect to a DB?

If you're really paranoid, don't connect to the database from logic on the web server tier. Instead, connect from middleware that lives on a separate box. Admitedly, this isn't for everyone.

If you're stuck with a one- or two-tier configuration, you have a couple of options. The simple one is to have your script read a username/password from a path that isn't visible to the web server. This works until your box gets hacked.

Another option, available if you're running a two-tier configuration and have some control over the database box, is to user DBI::Proxy and DBD::ProxyServer to the actual database connect to the web server box.

In reply to Re: Protecting your DBI user/password in scripts? by dws
in thread Protecting your DBI user/password in scripts? by JPaul

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