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  3. November 2003

RE: iSeries passwords

Heck,

If you sign on any TCP/IP telnet client to the iSeries Telnet server via NON
SSL connection, your password is sent in the clear.  Internal hackers can
possible sniff your network and find your passwords.  But this is going off
on a non iSeries direction so I will not elaborate any further.

Chris Bipes

-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Klement


I think he's referring to the wire that connects your PC or 5250 terminal
to your iSeries.

Unless you're using SSL to connect your 5250 screen to your iSeries, the
password that you type into the CHGPWD command could be viewed by a
network sniffer, and used against you.

Or for a similar function in iSeries Navigator, again the password travels
in cleartext from the PC to the iSeries before it gets to the QPWDVLDPGM.

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