RE: [PHP] MySQL connection

I'm curious as to how the "hacker" would see all this information (the username.. password, etc..) just by going to a site where the SQL backend was down? Ryan > -----Original Message----- > From: BRACK [mailto:brak@nettaxi.com] > Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 12:36 PM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] MySQL connection > > > I just wanned to bring the issue of security of MySQL connection: > > Let us imagine that SQL server was down for some hours (of > course without us knowing it) and at the same hours our SQL site > was visited by some kind of hacker, he can see on his screen all > our SQL connection info like username, password, and database > name. You may hide this information in different file than the file > that your users open then the hacker will see something like > "include("connect.inc");" or "require("connect.inc");" > (of course IF > server is down). So you may only imagine the consequences of > this visit of the hacker. What can we do to protect our sensitive > information if SQL server is down? > > Youri > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >