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  3. January 2008

Re: protecting the property file

On Jan 31, 2008 11:20 AM, Lim Hock-Chai <Lim.Hock-Chai@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Since property file sometime contains generic userID/password, I just
wonder how one prevents user from viewing the property file and at the
same time allow that application to access it.


Storing passwords (or other sensitive data) in plain-text files is such a
bad idea, maybe now is the time to design a more-secure solution, rather
than enabling the insecure solution.


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