Re: [OT]password in properties file -- JAVA400-L

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Subject: Re: [OT]password in properties file
From: Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen <thunderaxiom@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:51:19 +0200
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Ashish Kulkarni skrev den 19-08-2008 21:33:

Is there some way we can encrypt these passwords so at least they are not visible in plain English if some one gets hold of these files.
Any suggestions or best practices of doing so

You may want to see how this has been solved in Jetty.

http://docs.codehaus.org/display/JETTY/Securing+Passwords

Jetty is under the Apache License so you can lift whatever you need in your project.

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