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Re: Hiding DBI MySQL username and password values from win98 users

by Ryszard (Priest)
on Sep 29, 2002 at 19:38 UTC ( [id://201593]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Hiding DBI MySQL username and password values from win98 users

BrowserUk has a good point. There is really no security save for the server end.

Think of what you would to secure a web based application. .oO(Store the information server side)

Why do you store information server side for CGI apps? because you cant trust your users to enter the correct information. A web app is client server right? Is there anything majorly different between this what you're proposing?

IMHO, stick a server client side to interact with your database. Use -T, check your input, and wuh-lah, there you have it, an inherrently more secure application. If you use CGI as your gateway, then you have a more extensible interface into your database, as well as have all the support you could ever want with perl CGI stuff right here...

Remember, the more layers of abstraction from the target, the more steps an attacker has to go to...

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