Application security advice

2003-02-20 Thread Steven Nakhla
I am writing an application that will store information in a MySQL database. I would like to encrypt the data being stored in the database using the AES_ENCRYPT/DECRYPT functions. My question is, how can I securely contain the password in memory within the application? For example, the

Application security

2002-03-19 Thread Mike Hillyer
Just a quick question, if I am going to make a database using MYSQL and have front end applications, is it better to give each user a username/pass and have them enter it into the front end to be passed to the server, or should I give the app a password, hardcode it into the app for database

Re: Application security

2002-03-19 Thread Joel Rees
Hi Mike, You queried: Just a quick question, if I am going to make a database using MYSQL and have front end applications, is it better to give each user a username/pass and have them enter it into the front end to be passed to the server, or should I give the app a password, hardcode it