password encryption

[Pierre Rivenez]

The password is write in the file bird.conf in plain text. 
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 at wujiman.net> 
À: "Pierre Rivenez" <pierre.rivenez at celeste.fr> 
Cc: bird-users at 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 
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