I got a good laugh with your message. Security seems to be always in the hands of the wrong people.
Once I asked for the algorithm used to hash the passwords (that happened to be HMAC SHA-1) into a database, if I was going to authenticate the users, I needed to use the same algorithm. I did not ask for the key used to salt the hash, I could put that as a parameter to be provided at install time and use any other key during development and testing. My request was rejected until authorized by a manager two levels up! <sigh> (All I needed to know was "HMAC SHA-1"!) On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 11:02 AM, Christopher Schultz <ch...@christopherschultz.net> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > הילה, > > On 2/28/2011 5:17 AM, הילה wrote: >> How can I encrypt the password inside the xml file? > > 0. $file = conf/server.xml > 1. Use your favorite encryption tool to encrypt the password and shove > it into $file > 2. Use that same tool in some code you hack-into Tomcat to read it > back out. > 3. Store the key to your favorite-tool encryption package in another > file (say, s3cr3t.key) > 4. $file = s3cr3t.key > 5. Go to step 1. > > Repeat this process until you feel like you're safe. (Hint: you are > still not safe). Scratch that: repeat this process until your boss or > your auditor feel like they are safe. > > - -chris > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (MingW32) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAk1rxwwACgkQ9CaO5/Lv0PCtGQCgtxVxV9+N0AvRuYw0U6mi9ki1 > ikgAn1xQNqRRtSKby531xKRHizxzEFwD > =uuFd > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
