Adaptive Server 15.7 provides strong encryption for external login passwords and hidden text, using the AES-256 symmetric encryption algorithm.
Strong encryption for external passwords applies to passwords for the following:
- Replication Agents – Passwords for replicated databases.
- CIS – Passwords for remote descriptors and logins.
- Job Scheduler – Passwords for Job Scheduler Agent.
- RTMS – Passwords for Real Time Messaging Services.
- Secure Socket Layer (SSL) and Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) – Passwords for SSL and LDAP access account. Passwords are administered using stored procedures sp_ldapadmin and sp_ssladmin can be secured.