I think the quoted section is more about how passwords are stored in the
database itself than about how they're communicated during login. I
read http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/secure-connections.html to
suggest that there isn't much encryption going on at all, particularly
The standar
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/user-names.html:
"
MySQL encrypts passwords using its own algorithm. This encryption is the same
as that implemented by thePASSWORD() SQL function but differs from that used
during the Unix login process. Unix password encryption is the same as that
implem
andrew...@yahoo.com wrote:
Not a 100% sure for MySql but I would think it is.
What happens first is the connection to the server is made in this case
'$database:localhost:3306' and then internally the username and
password are sent.
If someone can 'sniff' the connection between the perl prog
When connecting to a MySql server with DBI->connect:
$dsn = "dbi:mysql:$database:localhost:3306";
$dbh = DBI->connect($dsn, $username, $password)
is the password sent in the clear? If so, how can this be dealt with?
I actually don't care about hiding the plaintext password in the perl
source fi
Thanks to anyone who read this - I found a O'Reilly had some alternatives
My environment required the following for DBI_DSN
SetEnv DBI_DSN dbi:Oracle:sid=mydb;database=mydb;host=myhost;port=1524
Thanks
Derrin
-- Original Message --
Received: 08:42 PM CEST, 07/02/2010
From: "Derrin Mor
Sumit Sharma wrote:
> Hello Martin,
> thanks for your reply. Since, I am new to perl i would need your help in
> resolving my project problem that I am facing..
> Basically , I am using activePerl 5.8.8 along with mysql. I have a perl
> script which reads from txt file the name of a mysql database.
