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    • Robbert Jan van der MeerR Offline
      Robbert Jan van der Meer
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      Hello,

      The back-up file is automaticly created, but when programming with for example a file like “config.php” where you store passwords, the back-up file, also uploaded is readable trough the web. So your passwords are free to grab. “config.php.bak” wont act like a php file, so is plain text.

      I think this is a big security risk.

      Regards,

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        Ekopalypse @Robbert Jan van der Meer
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        @Robbert-Jan-van-der-Meer

        Then don’t upload it?!!
        And storing passwords in plain text in files is not what you should do anyway.

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