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Re: contents of mysql database readable in text editor
Posted by: Peter Brawley
Date: June 10, 2014 08:53PM

Note that logs also store clear text.

Arguably, the security issue is the set of permissions that gave users access to opening such files with a text editor. But if PCI compliance is a requirement, consider encrypting data in the app, so nothing is logged unencrypted..

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