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Mamta A. Satoor updated DERBY-5538:
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Labels: derby_triage10_9 (was: )
> 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
> Affects Versions: 10.8.2.2
> Reporter: Rick Hillegas
> Labels: derby_triage10_9
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> 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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