Ok, thanks Jason :) I'll ask him..

-Deng

On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 11:23 AM, Jason van Zyl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> You probably want to check with Oleg as he fully implemented this with
> plexus-cypher. Not sure where he put the Maven code but he can't point you
> right direction if you want to piece it together.
>
>
> On 11-Aug-08, at 7:55 PM, Maria Odea Ching (JIRA) wrote:
>
>
>>   [
>> http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-553?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=144751#action_144751
>>  ]
>>
>> Maria Odea Ching commented on MNG-553:
>> --------------------------------------
>>
>> Ok, thanks for pointing that out Heinrich. I'll create a separate design
>> doc for the encryption. I'll look more into the code Brett posted above..
>> Thanks!
>>
>>  Secure Storage of Server Passwords
>>> ----------------------------------
>>>
>>>               Key: MNG-553
>>>               URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-553
>>>           Project: Maven 2
>>>        Issue Type: Improvement
>>>        Components: Settings
>>>  Affects Versions: 2.0-alpha-3
>>>       Environment: Although it may not be relevant since this is a
>>> general improvement issue, Windows XP, JDK 1.4.1.
>>>          Reporter: J. Michael McGarr
>>>          Assignee: Brett Porter
>>>          Priority: Critical
>>>           Fix For: 2.1
>>>
>>>
>>> This was a question pose to the Maven User's Group and it was suggested I
>>> add it here.
>>> It would be benefitial to provide a more secure means of storing
>>> password's to the servers listed in the .m2/settings.xml.  They are
>>> currently being stored as plain text and could definately be considered a
>>> security breach.  Numerous organizations would undoubtedly considered this
>>> an unacceptable security risk, and this could prevent widespread adoption of
>>> Maven2.
>>> I would suggest leaving an option to encrypt the password into the
>>> settings file (more secure, but not foolproof) or even requiring the
>>> password to be manually provided per build (would prevent automation of
>>> builds).  I am sure that there is a secure solution to this problem and it
>>> should be part of the 2.0 release.
>>>
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> Thanks,
>
> Jason
>
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