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SQL Server DBC Connection Passwort
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From
12/09/2023 09:46:24
Lutz Scheffler (Online)
Lutz Scheffler Software Ingenieurbüro
Dresden, Germany
 
 
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12/09/2023 08:06:12
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Visual FoxPro
Category:
Client/server
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01687045
Message ID:
01687046
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>Hi!
>
>Since many years we are connecting to the SQL Server. Authentication is performed using Windows Authentication.
>But now we need to specify the user and password for a special project in the connection string. So far no problem.
>But we create a connection in the DBC, and logically the connection string is stored in this connection. And therefore also the user and the password in plain text.
>Means with dbGetProp() this can be read out easily. Or from the outside with a Hex-Editor on the DBC. So this is a security hole!
>Does anyone have an idea how to get around this?

Is there any chance to hand pwd and user as a variable to the connection?
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