On 2000-01-14, Alfred Perlstein mentioned:
> > issue: how to secure cgi's that access postgres
> >
> > problem: passwords for postgres database are stored
> > in plain text in scripts. (lets assume, perl,
> > not a compiled language)
> >
> > points:
> > make cgi dir 711
> > big deal, they can get the name of the file
> > from the web, and copy it.
>
> how about sourcing a conf file that's in a 700 dir?
Security through obscurity is little security indeed.
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