Dont know for sure but didn't  we also encrypt cookies (form data)

2007/11/22, Daniel Fernández Garrido <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I am about to release a new version (1.4) of Jasypt [http://www.jasypt.org],
> and I am considering the addition of some wicket integration features for
> improving wicket's encryption capabilities.
>
> But I would first need to ask a couple of things :-)...
>
>
> First, what I will do (have already done, in fact): I have added to jasypt
> both an implentation of the org.apache.wicket.util.crypt.ICrypt and
> org.apache.wicket.util.crypt.ICryptFactory interfaces. The idea is to use
> JasyptFactory as the desired ICryptFactory implementation for the
> application, like this:
>
>
> ------(CODE WHICH WOULD GO INTO OUR "WebApplication" CLASS)------
>
>   @Override
>   protected void init() {
>
>       super.init();
>
>       /*
>        * In the following code example we will create a Jasypt byte
>        * encryptor by hand, but in real world we can get it from Spring,
>        * configure it via Web PBE configuration... whatever we want to.
>        */
>       StandardPBEByteEncryptor encryptor = new StandardPBEByteEncryptor();
>       encryptor.setAlgorithm("PBEWithMD5AndDES");
>       encryptor.setPassword("jasypt");
>
>       /*
>        * Create the Jasypt Crypt Factory with the desired encryptor,
>        * which will return org.jasypt.wicket.JasyptCrypt objects
> implementing
>        * the org.apache.wicket.util.crypt.ICrypt interface.
>        */
>       ICryptFactory jasyptCryptFactory = new JasyptCryptFactory(encryptor);
>
>       /*
>        * Set the Jasypt Crypt Factory into the application configuration.
>        */
>       getSecuritySettings().setCryptFactory(jasyptCryptFactory);
>
>   }
>
> ------------
>
>
> But the question here is... what is the real use of the ICryptFactory today
> (1.3.0-rc1) in wicket? Is it "only" encrypting URLs? (I see
> PasswordTextFields are not encrypted anymore)
>
> And if so, would it be of real use/need? Of course, It would increase much
> (as much as Java can) the security of the URLs' encryption but, would you
> see any other uses?
>
>
> If this is only used for encrypting URLs, and if I am not wrong, our
> "WebApplication" class would also need something like this:
>
>
> ------(CODE WHICH WOULD GO INTO OUR "WebApplication" CLASS)------
>
>   @Override
>   protected IRequestCycleProcessor newRequestCycleProcessor() {
>
>       return new WebRequestCycleProcessor() {
>           @Override
>           protected IRequestCodingStrategy newRequestCodingStrategy() {
>               return new CryptedUrlWebRequestCodingStrategy(new
> WebRequestCodingStrategy());
>           }
>       };
>
>   }
>
> ------------
>
> Would this be correct/adequate?
>
>
> And more important: can I consider wicket's ICrypt and ICryptFactory
> interfaces *stable*? (at least until a stable 1.3.0 release). Have you got
> any short-term plans for changing anything in this encryption
> infrastructure?
>
>
> And the last thing: the "setKey()" method in ICrypt is not usable in Jasypt,
> as encryptor configuration and initialization is quite more complex and PBE
> keys (encryption passwords) cannot be changed once an encryptor has already
> been initialized (password is set on the jasypt encryptor, not the
> wicket-friendly JasyptCrypt).
>
> So, JasyptCrypt will always throw an exception if this method is called.
> Currently in wicket, "setKey" is only called from
> org.apache.wicket.util.crypt.ClassCryptFactory, which jasypt does not
> extend, so this would not pose any problems for the future, but... could it
> make sense that that "setKey" method were called by the developer anywhere
> else? this would render jasypt integration quite complicated...
>
>
> Sorry for the size of the message and the lot of questions :-)
>
>
> Regards,
> Daniel.
>

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