Derby should use char[] to internally represent passwords, rather than String.
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Key: DERBY-5538
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-5538
Project: Derby
Issue Type: Bug
Components: JDBC
Reporter: Rick Hillegas
I noticed that routines like
AuthenticationServiceBase.encryptUsingDefaultAlgorithm() represent plaintext
passwords as Strings. This is unsafe because Strings are easy to sniff even
after they go out of scope. See the discussion on DERBY-866. We should rephrase
passwords as char[] and zero them out as soon as possible.
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