Is there a way to encrypt the password in credentials added to a probe

tristan.kelley · ‎03-17-2011

I have the following probe. Does anyone know if I can encrypt the password ("abc123" below) in the run and startup configs so that it isn't stored in clear text?

probe http http-Test
interval 5

credentials testun abc123
passdetect interval 2
request method get url /idmslb2/Default.aspx
expect status 200 200
expect regex "idmsUp"

Surya ARBY · ‎03-17-2011

As far as I know it's not possible.

"basic" HTTP authentication is done in clear text by default (RFC 2617). It has no sense to encrpt it in the config if it's sent in clear text on the wire. Also you can't hash it as the ACE would need to reverse the hash (which is just impossible)