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
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On Tue, 7 Aug 2001 21:35:58 +0200
"BRACK" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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
> 
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