MySQL & PHP Security

My domain host suggests _NOT_ connecting to MySQL using PHP as it sends the username and pass as "plain" text to the MySQL server, as opposed to sending encrypted. Is this really an issue for the average Joe (or Randy in my case) who just wants to make a dynamic web site and won't be storing any _real_ important info? They also said something about PHP not being 700...which I assume means that all executable and no r or w...this is how they handle cgi. Is there really a need to go all out like this for personal websites with pretty much useless information? randy ______________________________________________ http://www.randys.org For-pay Internet distributed processing. http://www.ProcessTree.com/?sponsor=11087 _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com