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Are the DB2 user and password send in clear text when using RRS and Sequelink?

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Title	Are the DB2 user and password send in clear text when using RRS and Sequelink?

URL Name	Are-the-DB2-user-and-password-send-in-clear-text-when-using-RRS-and-Sequelink

Article Number	000193191

Environment	Product: Sequelink ODBC Client Version: 6.0 OS: all supported platforms Database: DB2 on a z/OS mainframe Application: all supported applications

Question/Problem Description

Are the DB2 user and password send in clear text when using RRS and Sequelink?

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In SequeLink, the userid and password are never send as clear text. Data are scrambled. See the "Getting Started" Guide for more info.

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References to other documentation:

Progress "Getting Started" Guide: "Planning Your SequeLink Configuration : Planning Security : Data Scrambling".

Last Modified Date	5/18/2016 7:26 AM

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