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Oracle Password Encryption
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 10:59 am
by tommy1987
In a PHP file containing the login credentials for the database, this should not be hard coded, how should I go about storing this information since I want it to be safe enough that the source is open and viewable by anyone.
Thanks.
Re: Oracle Password Encryption
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:02 pm
by alex.barylski
Use a hash funciton like sha256.
Either Google around here for feyd's PHP implementation or use the following if available:
Re: Oracle Password Encryption
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 4:11 am
by Mordred
Use a hash funciton like sha256.
No, he can't. He means the login credentials for the database backend, not the web app logins.
Read this
carefully:
http://shiflett.org/articles/shared-hosting (essential snippet near the bottom), and really be careful how you implement it.