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secure storage of sensitive data in J2EE
From: "chaim moshe" <xor256 () hotmail com>
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 09:18:15 +0000
Hello list,where can I store sensitive data like encryption keys, passwords, etc. in J2EE? surely, you can save it in the keystore, but the catch is where do you store the keystore password to protect it from external access? storing the keystore password in code or in config files is not secured enough.
In the .NET environment you have DPAPI that was designed exactly for this kind of problem, the sensitive data is encrypted at the OS level with the user/machine password and is decrypted at runtime.
What is the solution in the J2EE environment ? Thanks! _________________________________________________________________Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/
Current thread:
- secure storage of sensitive data in J2EE chaim moshe (Jan 27)
- Re: secure storage of sensitive data in J2EE Alexander Klimov (Jan 27)
- RE: secure storage of sensitive data in J2EE Erez Metula (Jan 30)
- RE: secure storage of sensitive data in J2EE Alexander Klimov (Feb 02)
- RE: secure storage of sensitive data in J2EE Jaime Spicciati (Feb 02)
- RE: secure storage of sensitive data in J2EE Erez Metula (Jan 30)
- Re: secure storage of sensitive data in J2EE Valdis . Kletnieks (Jan 27)
- Re: secure storage of sensitive data in J2EE Sean Radford (Jan 27)
- Re: secure storage of sensitive data in J2EE Steve Taylor (Jan 27)
- Re: secure storage of sensitive data in J2EE Kevin Conaway (Feb 07)
- Re: secure storage of sensitive data in J2EE Dimitris Mistriotis (Feb 07)
- Re: secure storage of sensitive data in J2EE Antoine Martin (Feb 07)
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- Re: secure storage of sensitive data in J2EE Alexander Klimov (Jan 27)