Hello Jim,

Re: VT logons in clear text?

Yes, this is still the case.  SR 5003066878 was submitted in 1992 and
little customer demand for this enhancement has been seen.  The SR was
considered and the cost were found to be high in both HP code changes
and the changes also impacted the 3rd party vars who code VT emulators.

Sorry for the news.

Regards,

James Hofmeister
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Hewlett Packard
Worldwide Technology Network Expert Center
P.S. My Ideals are my own, not necessarily those of my employer.




Jim Wowchuk ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
: Can someone advise what the status is of this problem?  VT logons used to
: send the password across the network in clear text, not encrypted.  Is that
: still the case, and if not what release/patch remedied it?  If not the case,
: is anyone doing something about this to eliminate it?

: Once upon a time, network sniffers were specialised pieces of hardware --
: now its a simple piece of PC software.

: Thanks a packet,

: Jim "lost my .sig" Wowchuk