--- ".....hG" <forums@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > While back I read in an article that placing UN and PASSwords in a PHP > was not secure. Well, that's very subjective. In a shared hosting environment, it certainly does pose a risk. If you place it within document root (don't do that), it poses a significant risk. My favorite method of handling this is described at the end of this article: http://shiflett.org/articles/security-corner-mar2004 Hope that helps. Chris ===== Chris Shiflett - http://shiflett.org/ PHP Security - O'Reilly HTTP Developer's Handbook - Sams Coming Soon http://httphandbook.org/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
