Mark Post wrote:
Probably the same way the Linux 3270 console driver does it.  It knows enough 
to set the attribute byte for the field to be non-display.
Attended an IBM official SNA course in Phoenix in April, 1998 with a 
retired-and-back-to-consult IBM'er.

He pointed out, "When you enter a password on a 3270 terminal, the only one who 
can't see it is you."

Of course, nowadays the terminal is probably X3270 over an SSH tunnel.

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