Re: web app security - user profile or validation list? -- WEB400

Subject: Re: web app security - user profile or validation list?
From: Steve Richter <stephenrichter@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2018 13:59:48 -0400
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On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 1:28 PM, Justin Taylor <JUSTIN@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I think the general MO, is to have web apps run as a fixed user.

thank you. good to know.

The fixed user does seem like a problem. Journaling does not show a
meaningful user name. And, since the PHP code has to have authority to
database tables you have to grant authority to the tables to the fixed
user. ( or go the SP only route. )

having the stored procedure check that the validation list user has
authority to a table also seems problematic in terms of making sure
malicious code is not calling the SP.

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