Re: perl script credential security

["Neil Jonkers" <njonkers () uwc ac za>]

Hi,

1. Config file, that is only readable by the account that will run the cron job.
2. An Encrypted config file, let your Perl script decrypt the config file to get the database login details. 

Regards
> > > <bryceverdier () gmail com> 2/19/2010 08:47 PM >>>
Hello,

So I've been writing a Perl script for my job. The script will be run from a cron job (interval not yet set) and 
deposit some information to a database. The database has a user with minimal rights to insert data.

So my question is with regards to how should the database user credentials be kept. So far the discussion has had three 
options:

1) credentials within the script
2) command line
3) config file

Each one has their own advantages & disadvantages but I would like to get the opinion of the community as to which one 
gets the label of "best practices".

Thanks in advance guys,

Bryce 

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