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		mathrawka on Nov 26, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: How do you manage server side credentials?... Storing in environment variables is a good practice. Take a look at this: http://www.12factor.net/config

jawnb on Nov 26, 2012 [–]

One thing to be aware of when storing sensitive information in environment variables, is that it is possible to view the environment variables a process is using.

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