Re: How come this isn't a safe way to store username and passwords

Hopefully your database server is only accessible from your web server, whereas PayPal is reachable from any other computer in the world.

On Aug 19, 2011, at 06:02, WebbedIT wrote:

> Playing devil's advocate here, doesn't having your database password
> available in /app/config/database.php carry the same risk?
>
> On Aug 18, 4:58 pm, "crazysarahtemple...@aol.com" wrote:
>> I'm not really sure what you mean about paypal generating API keys,
>> the ones they give you when you sign up for an api account don't
>> change as far as I know. What's the usual way of keeping these things
>> secure?

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