org.jboss.security.plugins

Class FilePassword

java.lang.Object

org.jboss.security.plugins.FilePassword

public class FilePassword
extends Object

Read a password in opaque form to a file for use with the FilePassword accessor in conjunction with the JaasSecurityDomain {CLASS}org.jboss.security.plugins.FilePassword:password-file format of the KeyStorePass attribute. The password file can also be an URL. The original opaque password file can be created by running: java org.jboss.security.plugins.FilePassword salt count password password-file Running java org.jboss.security.plugins.FilePassword will generate a usage message. Note that this is security by obscurity in that the password is not store in plaintext, but it can be recovered by simply using the code from this class.

Version:

$Revison:$

Author:

Scott.Stark@jboss.org

See Also:

main(String[])

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
FilePassword(String file)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	main(String[] args) Write a password in opaque form to a file for use with the FilePassword accessor in conjunction with the JaasSecurityDomain {CLASS}org.jboss.security.plugins.FilePassword:password-file format of the KeyStorePass attribute.
char[]	toCharArray()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

FilePassword

public FilePassword(String file)

Method Detail

toCharArray

public char[] toCharArray()
                   throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

main

public static void main(String[] args)
                 throws Exception

Write a password in opaque form to a file for use with the FilePassword accessor in conjunction with the JaasSecurityDomain {CLASS}org.jboss.security.plugins.FilePassword:password-file format of the KeyStorePass attribute.

Parameters:

args -

Throws:

Exception