> Is there another way to do this? If the password is crypted, I need a > passphrase or something other to decrypt it again. Not really a solution > of the problem. > > Therefore, it would be best, to hide it by preventing stracing of the > application to all users and root. > > Ok, root could search for the password directly in the memory, but this > would be not as easy as a strace.
Obfuscation isn't really valid security. Making something 'harder' to break isn't a solution unless you're making it hard enough that current technology can't break it (eg... you always have the brute force option, but good crypto intends to make such an option impossible without expending zillions of clock cycles). Can I ask why you want to hide the database password from root? Regards, Chase Venters - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
