That means that Windows and the browser are playing a bigger role and the SpiceWorks server is just telling the browser what ad to display. “The ads don't come through SpiceWorks but come directly to the web page loaded into the browser. Scott Alan Miller ( ) replied to similar question in the community, SpiceWorks in my opinion is the least of my worries on my internal network. My Two Cents? In most organizations I have worked at or seen there are far more security risks that are already in place that no one even considers, unpatched operating systems or software, running software or operating systems that are no longer supported because “it’s needed to run that one app”. Other well known applications utilizing AES include IPSec, OpenSSL, and BitLocker. The private key is generated by and known only to the Spiceworks application. The only information that comes back to SpiceWorks is mentioned in the Privacy policy (See below), so Spiceworks will be behind all of your firewalls, web filters, proxies, etc, just like any other machine on your network Any data sent to SpiceWorks is sent through SSL and is very secure.ĪES is a symmetric-key algorithm, meaning that a private key is used for both the encryption and decryption of the content. If the hashed entries match, you are authenticated to use the Spiceworks Application.”Īny and all of your data is stored locally on the machine you install Spiceworks on. When you log in, the password you enter is encrypted using the same one-way hash algorithm and compared to your original password. A one-way hash of your password is stored in the local database on your machine and secured using standard Windows file-system techniques. “For your protection, your password is never sent to Spiceworks. This account information is never sent to Spiceworks. This information is used only to provide the remote inventory functionality outlined above.
The user names are encoded and the passwords are encrypted.
Where is my login information stored? Is it sent to Spiceworks?Īll of the account information you provide to the Spiceworks Desktop is stored locally on your computer.
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