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MySQL Access Control?

I have read somewhere that it is better to have two different MySQL logins in order to prevent hacking. What I mean is having one MySQL login for read access (SELECT permission) and another login for ...
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How to provide security for passwords stored in Database? [duplicate]

Passwords of end Users are stored in Database which is encrypted (using one way hash like MD5). Apart from me, there are 'other' people belonging to other teams who have access to Database which means ...
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Protect database resources from fake data inputs via web forms

Scenario: I'm working on a project that needs to accept large amounts of data (customer data) from its users. So it can be normal to have a user trying to add 10,000 or 100,000 records at a time. In ...
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User authentication + database encryption with same password

I'm working on a private project where I need to store a users financial data in a database. I'll encrypt this data using AES, and I'll be using scrypt to generate a AES ecnryption key from a more ...
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Store user passwords in NoSQL database?

I am currently coding the backend of a website and I have not come across an article where this is discussed. I want to store all my application data in MongoDB but I'd like to split out my sensitive ...
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Is Creating a Restricted Database User in Microsoft SQL Server Decent Protocol

Forgive me for the heavy metaphor but it's a situation's complexity kind of goes over my head. Assume I'm Leonard Shelby (My short term memory only lasts 5 minutes). I'm a freelancer that reads ...
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Authentication for a batch script

It seems amazing that there is no industry accepted best practice for this problem yet (or maybe just one I'm not aware of): What is the most secure way for a batch script, a program needing to ...
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DRY API Authentication Design Between Services

I am creating an API service that is going to require authentication. this will be the first part of a project that will include a front-end service for my website, and also open up the api for 3rd ...
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storing the third party credentials in the database/some secure place

This question is about storing the third party credentials in the database/some secure place so that it can not be accessed by only authorized user. Our system connect to the third party system using ...
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iOS/Android authentication and security

Here is what I am trying to do and can anyone provide some best practice advice for authentication and security? Each user will have their own private database on the cloud. He will have his local ...