I'm using OMCI to set several BIOS settings using vbscript. I succeeded is setting an admin Bios Password however the string I send to WMI is not encrypted.Our security policy demands that all passwords send over the network should be encrypted. I can see OMCI supports encrypted password strings. But I do not know which algorithm to use. I can't find any documentation on this subject.

Using the WMIcodecreator I found the following information:

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WMI Namespace : root\ Dell OMCI

Class : Dell_ Configuration

Properties : Password

Description:

This property allows OpenManage to keep track of the BIOS setup password for verification purposes. Users need not view or change this property. Only the network administrator should change this password.

Properties : Password Encrypted

Description:

This property indicate to the provider whether to decrypt the Boot and Setup BIOS passwords.

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1> Does anybody know which encryting algorithm is expected by WMI (OMCI) ?

2> is there an utillity or piece of script available that I can use to encrypt clear text passwords the right way?