topic Re: Connect password encryption in QlikView

Connect password encryption

vincent_ardiet — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:19:17 GMT

Hi,

Do you know the encryption method used by Qlikview to encrypt the password into a xpassword?

Before deploying our application, the security team wants to know if those passwords are hard to break or not.

Regards,

Vincent

Re: Connect password encryption

Miguel_Angel_Baeyens — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 14:50:05 GMT

Hi Vincent,

Are you using ODBC? If so, then set the username and password in the configuration of the ODBC source, so the CONNECT string does not show either the XUser or the XPassword (and works), hence relying on the OS security.

Hope that helps.

Miguel

Re: Connect password encryption

vincent_ardiet — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 15:03:31 GMT

Thanks for your answer Miguel.

But unfortunately we are using OLEDB with Sybase or DB2.

Regards,

Vincent

Re: Connect password encryption

Bill_Britt — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 18:25:14 GMT

Vincent,

If we knew the encryption method, we won't be allowed to give it out. This work make it one step easier for someone to hack a system.

Bill

Re: Connect password encryption

vincent_ardiet — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 07:37:35 GMT

Thanks Bill & Miguel,

I have asked directly to Qliktech and they gave me an answer.

Regards,

Vincent

Re: Connect password encryption

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 20:51:08 GMT

Hi Vincent,

Please, can you share with me the Qliktech's answer?

I have same issue.

Best Regards,

Yousseff