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What kind of risk do you take if you email a FTP password to a remote
user using Microsoft Outlook? Same risk. Email program (Outlook) makes
no difference, as you are still sending the password as plain readable
text. As others suggested, send the user ID and password in separate
emails, provide the password by a different means, or use PKI to encrypt
the email so only the recipient can open it. You could also encrypt a
ZIP file containing a password, with a password, and you still have to
get that ZIP file password to the recipient.
Loyd Goodbar
Business Systems
BorgWarner Shared Services
662-473-5713
-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Burns, Bryan
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 9:08 AM
To: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Passwords in emails
What kind of risk do we take if I email an iSeries password to a remote
user using my Microsoft Outlook client? Is this forbidden by any
standards being that it's clear text?
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