Adaptive Server allows the use of asymmetric encryption to securely transmit passwords from client to server using the RSA public key encryption algorithm. Adaptive Server generates the asymmetric key pair and sends the public key to clients that use the new login protocol. The client encrypts the user’s login password with the public key before sending it to the server. The server, decrypts the password with the private key to begin the authentication of the client connecting.
You can configure Adaptive Server to require clients to use this protocol. Set the Adaptive Server configuration parameter net password encryption reqd to require all username- and password-based authentication requests to use RSA asymmetric encryption.
