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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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When hashing passwords, is it okay to store the algorithm used right there in the database?

Since hashing password has become a hot topic recently, it is only natural to expect things to change and assume that some time down the road you might want to replace/tweak the algorithm used in your ...
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Practices for storing username/password in Web applications

I have read the following question: Storing password in Java application but I don't find the answers useful for my case. So here is my question somehow related to that. I have a Java Web application ...
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How can I avoid putting the database password in a perl script?

I have a cronned perl script that connects to our database and does various kinds of lookups and integrity checks. The original script was written by someone long ago. My job is to make some changes ...
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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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For what do I hash user passwords with PDKDF2 when the user data is stored in the same database?

I'm hashing the passwors of my users with PDKDF2 right now. A user can gain access to his account with his password. When the user is logged in he can edit his personal information and do other stuff ...
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Database field type for password storage?

In the past I used varchar(255) for storing hashed passwords (no salt). Is this still enough? Or are longer fields required?
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Best security algorith for storing passwords [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Which password hashing method should I use? I want the best cryptography algorithm for storing passwords in database, which one should I use and how can I implement ...
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How can I protect a client's mirror of the server's database?

The scenario is as follows: There are clients that users can access and work with. These clients can be online or offline. There is a central database on a server, holding all the authorization ...
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Where/How is an ODBC password stored when 'saved' in Access?

I have been working on a program that uses MS Access and ODBC to connect to an SQL server. One of the requirements is that the user need not know the password for the connection to the SQL server, so ...
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LDAP vs MySQL for Usernames and Passwords

I understand the LDAP databases are more secure, but is it always necessary to use LDAP instead of MySQL for usernames and passwords?