Java keystore password storage
"john bart" <[email protected]> Mon, 25 Apr 2005 07:55:43 +0000
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.security.programming,gmane.comp.security.vulnerabilities,gmane.comp.security.web-applications |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Hello to all the list.
I need some advice on where to store the keystore's password.
Right now, i have something like this in my code:
keystore = KeyStore.getInstance("JKS");
keystore.load(new FileInputStream("keystore.jks"),"PASSWORD");
the question is, where do i store the password string? all of the
possibilities that i thought about are not good enough:
1) storing it in the code - obviously not.
2) storing it in a seperate config file is also not secure.
3) entering the password at runtime is not an option.
4) encrypting the password - famous chicken and egg problem (storing the
encryption key)
Any ideas?
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