Re: ADSM API; admin client questions
1999-04-20 09:52:11
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Re: ADSM API; admin client questions |
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Richard Sims <rbs AT BU DOT EDU> |
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Tue, 20 Apr 1999 09:52:11 -0400 |
>Are we sending clear text passwords over the network if I run the
>admin client on my machine to update a node's password at the server?
>Any definitive information on this topic will be appreciated.
You can test this empirically by using a network monitor, inside the client
host or on the line. Using an ADSMv2 AIX client I just ran an iptrace, did a
dsmadmc Update Node to change the password, then 'dsmc q sch' to cause the
password to be planted during a client-server interaction. There was no sign
of clear-text password in the trace data (this on a quiet system so that no
trace data would be missed).
You can try something similar on your system for assurance.
Richard Sims, BU
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