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python application and credentials safety concern

aster
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Mar-02-2021, 07:42 PM (This post was last modified: Mar-02-2021, 08:47 PM by aster.)

(Mar-02-2021, 07:36 PM)ndc85430 Wrote: Note that base64 encoding isn't protection at all; that string can always be decoded.

Agree

(Mar-02-2021, 07:36 PM)ndc85430 Wrote: What's wrong with using environment variables exactly? You can just set them on the machines, so you don't have to store them in the code.

If this is my best possibility I would follow this, actually I don't have idea how to store the google credentials (but this is another problem, it is a dictionary not an simple string)

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python application and credentials safety concern - by aster - Mar-02-2021, 06:32 PM

RE: python application and credentials safety concern - by ndc85430 - Mar-02-2021, 07:36 PM

RE: python application and credentials safety concern - by aster - Mar-02-2021, 07:42 PM

RE: python application and credentials safety concern - by aster - Mar-06-2021, 04:17 PM

RE: python application and credentials safety concern - by snippsat - Mar-06-2021, 06:51 PM

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