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Our application is built on top of a database. &nbsp;So when it gets installed on a customer's machine, our application is the &quot;DBA&quot;--the only entity with full admin priviledges. &nbsp;In the past I've stored DBA passwords within the application executable. &nbsp;But I can easily find them by doing a search on these strings in a hex editor. &nbsp;Of course, I can find it quickly because I know what I'm looking for. &nbsp;Still, a dedicated person could find it with some effort. &nbsp;<br />
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Another method I've used is to--rather than store it as a string--build it byte by byte using a function. &nbsp;Could this solution still be easily cracked or is it fairly secure?<br />
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How can I effectively protect a password that needs to be deployed with an application? &nbsp;If the answer is secret-key encryption, how would I protect the secret key? &nbsp;And so on...<br />
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thanks
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Our application is built on top of a database.  So when it gets installed on a customer's machine, our application is the "DBA"--the only entity with full admin priviledges.  In the past I've stored DBA passwords within the application executable.  But I can easily find them by doing a search on these strings in a hex editor.  Of course, I can find it quickly because I know what I'm looking for.  Still, a dedicated person could find it with some effort.  

Another method I've used is to--rather than store it as a string--build it byte by byte using a function.  Could this solution still be easily cracked or is it fairly secure?

How can I effectively protect a password that needs to be deployed with an application?  If the answer is secret-key encryption, how would I protect the secret key?  And so on...

thanks

Managing deployed passwords

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