Ricardo Aráoz wrote:
> johnf wrote:
> (snip...)
>> Right off the bat let me say the easiest way to setup a connection is to use
>> the â€Ã
“CxnEditor.py” app.  It works and and is a great example of Dabo eating
>> it's own dog food (CxnEditor was created using Dabo).  I use it for my
>> projects and if there was a better way - I'd use it.  But it really does not
>> do much (all the real work is done in the framework).  CxnEditor creates a
>> XML file that contains the parameters required by the python connection
>> interface that applies to your database.  Like user name, password, host,
>> database name or anything else that is needed to allow a database connection.
>
> Hi, so CxnEditor creates a XML file. Now you have in an ASCII file your
> sensitive information (user, password - of course it will be a user with
> append/update/delete rights) for anyone to see. My question is, how
> would you manage the database security?
>
> TIA
 
The password gets stored encrypted.
It's possible to use your own en/decrypt functions.
 
Uwe