storing passwords

[Chris Watson]

> I have a Python script that makes a Telnet connectio to a remote server and
> right now I have the password just stored within my code.  I'd don't like
> the idea of leaving the password available like that (the script runs
> automatically every night, so I can't prompt the user for it), so is there
> any other way to store the password in some kind of encrypted fashion??

	Brian, I would ditch telnet and use ssh and a rsa key. No password
needed then. Unless your stuck with telenet. :-|

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