Syncsort Backup Express allows the user to choose what authentication method is used for NDMP operations. If MD5 is picked, an encrypted password is transmitted.
Kevin Mascarenhas KMascarenhas@syncsort.com
Syncsort Inc. 50 Tice Blvd. Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07677 http://www.syncsort.com
----- Original Message ----- From: "Holland, William L" hollandwl@state.gov To: toasters@mathworks.com Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 11:43 AM Subject: NDMP Login
Is there anyway to configure a filer so that one does not have to use the root account for NDMP operations? It is against all generally acceptable guidelines to allow root access to a system over a network. Any software package that would be used to perform NDMP backups would have to pass the root id and password over the network. In the case of some products it is in plaintext (SyncSort BackupExpress uses plaintext) thus making and
entire
filer system vulnerable.