[PHP-DEV] More secure credentials storage

2018-05-03 Thread Tom Van Looy
Hi I ended up in a discussion about using secure password storage today and started thinking about solutions for the problem. Some frameworks suggest putting all kinds of credentials in environment variables. This practice seems to originate from a recommendation on 12factor.net. The problem I se

Re: [PHP-DEV] More secure credentials storage

2018-05-03 Thread Diogo Galvao
2018-05-03 15:29 GMT-03:00 Tom Van Looy : > Hi ... > The problem I see with this practice is that it is so easy to leak > environment variables. Like if you are running a phpinfo() page somewhere > that is not a very big deal until it contains all your passwords and API > keys in plain text. Jikes!