How to hide the logon credentials when connecting to MySQL database

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Is there any way that one can "hide" the login credentials when making a connection to a MySQL database.

I know how to connect using:

"database=<DBname>;server=<HOST name>;User Id=<USER name>;Pwd=<Password>"

Since the information gets hard coded in my case, I was wondering if there was any better way to hide logon information.

Feedback appreciated.

T

Posted 15-Jul-14 8:12am

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PIEBALDconsult 15-Jul-14 14:51pm

They have to be in plain text when provided to the driver, but they can be encrypted whereever you store it.

Tino Fourie 15-Jul-14 15:03pm

Thanks for the info, will definitely help me to plan this better.

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