[plug] [OT] Password security with shared web hosting

[Craig Ringer]

James Devenish wrote:
> Foreword: I tried to use Google to solve my problem, but apparently all
> search phrases that happen to include "web" and "hosting" lead straight
> to ads for every man and his dog. But I want real info. If any of you
> know about this stuff (described below), or can point to intelligent
> technical resources, I would appreciate the feedback.
> 
> Basically, I am wondering what people do about 'database passwords' in
> shared web hosting environments where scripting is permitted. A security
> problem arises when scripts belonging to a co-hosted site can read the
> raw code of scripts of neighbouring co-hosted sites.

This is part of why I just run a co-lo. Expensive and clumsy, but 
private from other users.

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Craig Ringer