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How to obfuscate MySQL password

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Ever since I started using PHP and MySQL I felt a bit uncomfortable about my password being shown plain text. Here is a quick idea how to obfuscate it using base64 encoding.

/** MySQL database password */
define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, base64_decode("cGFzc3dvcmQ="));

To make it easier (and as a part of getting familiar with Qt framework) I wrote small application to encode/decode my password:

DontLook64

Feel free to use it.

Application is written using Qt 4.5.1 framework and compiled for Windows, Mac OS and Linux.

Download:

DontLook64 for Windows (setup file)

DontLook64 for Mac (dmg file)

DontLook64 for Linux (deb file created on Ubuntu 9.04)

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Tags: base64, MySQL, password, php, security

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How to obfuscate MySQL password

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