So any people who read the file have the password and can change the configuration.

I would like to know if it's possible to encrypte the password in the configuration file

PR

----- Mail Original -----
De: "Martin Kraus" <martin.kraus@wujiman.net>
À: "Pierre Rivenez" <pierre.rivenez@celeste.fr>
Cc: bird-users@network.cz
Envoyé: Jeudi 12 Mai 2011 16h33:40 GMT +01:00 Amsterdam / Berlin / Berne / Rome / Stockholm / Vienne
Objet: Re: password encryption

On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 04:18:47PM +0200, Pierre Rivenez wrote:
> I use bird for the ospf
> I would like to use encryption.
> So I use a password for the ospf session, but the password is write in clear test in the file bird.conf
> Is it a solution to encrypt this password in the configuration file.

I guess the problem is that you'd have to have the key to the encryption in
plain somewhere on the computer as well which kind of defeats the purpose of
password encryption in the configuration file.

mk