Securing the password

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  • Nice question, thanks Steve

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  • Technically, the answer is wrong because you can decode a securestring, e.g. by using it to create a credential object:

    $securestring = Read-Host "Password" -AsSecureString

    $cred = New-Object -TypeName PSCredential "test",$securestring

    $cred.GetNetworkCredential().Password

  • Hmm, that's scary. I've worried about secure strings, though I know there are some limitations on who can see them. Can others see this if they have access to the secure string for running a script?

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