Re: Storing encrypted passwords on AS400

[Brett Slocum <brett.slocum@xxxxxxxxx>]

Where does SecurityHandler come from? It's not in the J2SE or J2EE platforms.

Brett


On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 20:05:26 +0100, Franco Biaggi <fbiaggi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Brett,
> 
> this is possible, due to data conversions...
> try to store the passwords in plain text like:
> 
> String encrypted_pwd = SecurityHandler.encryptToString( enteredPassword );
> 
> 
> Brett Slocum wrote:
> 
> >I have a Java web application that uses a servlet to store userids and
> >encrypted passwords, as well as a stored procedure on the AS400 that
> >checks to see if the password is correct.
> >
> >I'm having an problem where certain passwords (e.g. 'password99')
> >always fail when the stored procedure checks the encrypted passwords
> >against each other.
> >
> >Below is a code sniplet of the encryption. The String returned gets
> >stored via JDBC into the AS400.
> >
> >Is there some issue with storing UTF-8 characters in the DB2 database?
> >Should I use EBCDIC-US instead?
> >
> >Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
> >
> >
> 
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