Batch FTP advice

We have some jobs that we run in batch to create files and then upload
them to various remote PC directories by FTP. The FTP command script is
stored in a source file and we issue an OVRDBF FILE(INPUT)
TOFILE(xxxxx/yyyyy) MBR(zzzzzz) followed by STRTCPFTP RMTSYS(rrrrrr).

As far as it goes, this works fine. Unfortunately the script source file
member contains the ID and password needed to log on to the remote
system. I hate the idea of storing passwords in clear. I suppose I could
devise some scheme to encrypt/decrypt the source file member and
restrict access to the encryption key to the profile running the job.
Does anyone have a better suggestion or an alternative method that would
be more secure?

TIA,

Dave Kahn - TCO, Tengiz, Kazakstan
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e-mail:  kahn@tengizchevroil.com    (until August 5th)
         dkahn@cix.compulink.co.uk  (from  August 6th)

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