Default Password Obscured in Ini File
By default, the device displays passwords obscured (encrypted) instead of in plain text in the downloaded ini file. Passwords are displayed encoded in the ini file using the following format:
$1$<obscured password>
For example:
WSTunPassword = $1$tIWHhYONjw==
● | When you upload an ini file to the device containing obscured passwords, the passwords are parsed and applied to the device. |
● | The View and Text modes in the INI Viewer & Editor utility display passwords in plain text in parenthesis, as shown in the following example: |