Enabling WAAPI password encryption
You can opt to store WAAPI passwords in the waapi.init file in encrypted format.
About this task
For password encryption for non-SSL and SSL connections, you use AES encryption, while for FIPS 140-2 connections, you use FIPS 140–2 mode encryption. The encryption types, and the tools required to enable them, are as follows:
- Non-SSL (HTTP) connections
- Passwords can be AES encrypted using the ncw_aes_crypt tool.
- SSL (HTTPS) connections
- Passwords can be AES encrypted using the ncw_aes_crypt tool.
- SSL (HTTPS) connections with FIPS 140–2 enabled
- Passwords can be encrypted using the ncw_fips_crypt tool.