Passwords in clear text workaround

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  • #9131
    TonyMcK
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    Hi Guys,

    From what I understand of the current version of BatchPatch that when you specify credentials for a remote system PSEXEC passes the password in plain text. Now while I undersstand this is a limitation of PSEXEC itself our security guys are throwing a hissy fit (understandably)

    But… Having done a little research I found this article http://digital-forensics.sans.org/blog/2010/06/01/protecting-admin-passwords-remote-response-forensics/

    I explains how to get round this limitation by mapping to the IPC$ share of the remote system before executing the task.

    What are the possibilities of getting this built into a future version of the software?

    Taa,

    Tony.

    #10990
    doug
    Moderator

    Tony – Great news is that the latest version of PsExec (v2.1 published in March 2014) actually sends all data over the network via an encrypted channel, so this is no longer an issue!

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb897553.aspx

    -Doug

    #10991
    TonyMcK
    Participant

    Why thank you Doug..

    That is indeed good news 🙂

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