A method, computer program product and system for storing or updating authentications,
e.g., passwords, in a boot code image, i.e., binary executable boot code, stored
within a Read Only Memory (ROM), e.g., flash ROM, of a terminal from a remote central
site. An authentication may be stored in the boot code image in a terminal from
a central site by creating a file comprising a boot code image storing the authentication
at the central site and then storing the created file in ROM in the terminal. The
file may be downloaded from a server at the central site to the terminal. An authentication
in the boot code image in a terminal may be updated remotely from a central site
by updating the file associated with the boot code image, i.e., updating the authentication,
at the central site and then downloading the updated file to the terminal.