Protecting Application.cfm

What security measures can we take to protect the
Application.cfm file. We usually keep database login and password
info obviously and other password info. Is there really nothing
else to do except knowing that no one should access the actual
file? thanks!

quote:
Originally posted by:
Dan Bracuk
Why do you have database login information and other
passwords there?
Well, the login and password must be in the <cfquery>
tag on any given page that queries the db. We just put it in a
application variable instead of on every single database driven
page.
We do the same for <cfmail> you need to put the email
and the password in the tag so we use application variables instead
to make changes more efficient.
When you try accessing application.cfm from the browser you
get:
nvalid request of Application.cfm, Application.cfc or
OnRequestEnd.cfm file.
You have requested a page with the name application.cfm. This
file name is reserved by the ColdFusion engine for the
specification of application level settings and therefore cannot be
directly requested from a web client.

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