Re: Doubt in Security basics

Babu,

Strings are unsuitable for storing passwords and other sensitive data 
because they are immutable.  This means that they cannot be overwritten 
after being used.

~randy

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005, Babu Kopparam wrote:

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> Hi! List,
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> Probably i feel this doubt is related with basic knowledge.
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> Whenever capturing the password, char[] is used instead of String object. What purpose does this solve.
>  ---  I am referring to JAVA.
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> Thanks in advance,
> -Babu.
>