What type of encryption does Powershell use?

[THEL1ZARDKING]

Hello,

I realize this is more of a PowerShell question rather than a PowerCLI, however I have searched the internet over without any answers.  I am looking to find out what type of encryption PowerShell uses when it takes a secure string and encrypts it?  Any information or links would be greatly appreciated as I need it for documentation puposes.

Cheers!

[LucD]

The Get-Credential cmdlet uses the NetworkCredential class under the covers.

This encryption has some reported flaws.

This is a good write up of the possibilities and the flaws.

[t8z5h3]

it can use https if you set it in the connect line for the power cli