Re: sftp from IBMi to remote server -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Re: sftp from IBMi to remote server
From: John Yeung <gallium.arsenide@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 15:19:26 -0500
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On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 3:14 PM Jerry Draper <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

However, the userid/pw is stored in plain text in the FTP script.

True? It is on our system.

Typically this is true. Some people use obfuscation techniques (not to
be confused with encryption) to prevent casual reading of the
credentials. But ultimately, if someone can get their hands on your
script, then the credentials are not secure.

John Y.

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