Re: MySQL connection

Hi, I think BRACK a.k.a. Jouri means that the connection string (from the PHP pages) would be visible in the client's browser once the SQL server stops running. However, I am not so sure about this as all commands are processed on the server - it will, however display an error message that the SQL server is inaccessible. Greetz, Bjorn Van Simaeys www.bvsenterprises.com --- Tyler Longren <tyler@captainjack.com> wrote: > If the SQL server is down how will he hack it? > That's like hacking a > webserver that doesn't exist. > > Tyler Longren > Captain Jack Communications > tyler@captainjack.com > www.captainjack.com > > > On Tue, 7 Aug 2001 21:35:58 +0200 > "BRACK" <brak@nettaxi.com> wrote: > > > 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 > > -- > 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 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/