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password in SFTP::Foreign Aji 08-23-2007
Posted by Aji on August 23, 2007, 11:48 am
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Hi all,

Could someone explain to me, why using Expect to handle the password
authentication is not recommended, since it is sent using SSH tunnel
(encrypted)?

Posted by Keith on August 24, 2007, 1:35 pm
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> Hi all,
>
> Could someone explain to me, why using Expect to handle the password
> authentication is not recommended, since it is sent using SSH tunnel
> (encrypted)?

I always assumed that it was because the script you call Expect from
will have the cleartext password in it.

Keith


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