configure.php password encryption

[channelsource]

Hi,

Does anyone know how to encrypt the password on the configure.php? I don't think it's secure to show the password as in clear text. Thank you in advance.

[yellow1912]

There is no need to do so. Why? Because ZC or any other softwares will need that info to connect to db, what if you encrypt it? You will still have to decrypt it before trying to connect to the database anyway rite? And the decrypt function has to be some where there as well.

The most important thing: you yourself need to protect your files, if someone can get in your server, he can edit/delete or do whatever he wants with any of your file. What is the point of encrypting the password?

[Merlinpa1969]

there are programs out there that you can use do obsfucate your code,
it is still machine readable, and does NOT have to be decrypted

[superprg]

there are programs out there that you can use do obsfucate your code,
it is still machine readable, and does NOT have to be decrypted

http://www.zend.com/topics/introduct...bfuscation.pdf

[Merlinpa1969]

there are some that you dont have to pay for

http://www.raizlabs.com/software/phpobfuscator/