title: iSeries connection hide password
body: <p>I use VB.net to access an iseries running IBM7.1 OS.  I use the IBMDASQL connection.  All works well. </p>
  
  <p>The UserID and Password are in plain text in the connection string.  Many of these programs run in batch which means I cannot respond to a prompt to enter a user and password.  The IT Audit guys say the Password cannot be in plain text for anyone to hack.  The connection string resides in the source of the VB.net program as well as in the App.config file.  </p>
  
  <p>Does anyone have a solution to securely access an iSeries without the User / password visible in plain sight?  I also want to periodically change the password of the User so I don't want to have to go into each vb.net source program and recompile.</p>
  
  <p>Jim</p>