Masking Passwords Techniques
Mask Command Line PasswordsMask Passwords Using Internet Explorer
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Mask Command Line Passwords
Demonstration script that uses ScriptPW.dll to mask passwords entered at the command line.
Set objPassword = CreateObject("ScriptPW.Password") WScript.StdOut.Write "Please enter your password:" strPassword = objPassword.GetPassword() Wscript.Echo Wscript.Echo "Your password is: " & strPassword
Mask Passwords Using Internet Explorer
Demonstration script that creates an instance of Internet Explorer, and retrieves a password typed into a password-style text box. Requires a Web page named password.htm with the appropriate text box.
Set objExplorer = WScript.CreateObject _ ("InternetExplorer.Application", "IE_") objExplorer.Navigate "file:///c:\scripts\password.htm" objExplorer.Visible = 1 objExplorer.ToolBar = 0 objExplorer.StatusBar = 0 objExplorer.Width=400 objExplorer.Height = 250 objExplorer.Left = 0 objExplorer.Top = 0 Do While (objExplorer.Document.Body.All.OKClicked.Value = "") Wscript.Sleep 250 Loop strPassword = objExplorer.Document.Body.All.PasswordBox.Value objExplorer.Quit Wscript.Sleep 250 Wscript.Echo strPassword