Thanks Maninda.

Regards,
Sithumini

On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 11:43 AM, Maninda Edirisooriya <[email protected]>
wrote:

> IMO the password field should be encrypted when it is stored in the
> database. That means the password should be encrypted from the backend and
> decrypted each time from the backend once requested.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> *Maninda Edirisooriya*
> Senior Software Engineer
>
> *WSO2, Inc.*lean.enterprise.middleware.
>
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>
> On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 10:46 AM, Sithumini Senevirathne <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Currently registry do not have password field support for RXTs and I'm
>> working on implementing this.
>>
>> This implementation comes with several concerns as below,
>>
>>    1. UI aspect of the password field
>>    2. Security aspect of the password fields
>>
>>
>> The solution for the concern #1 is,
>>
>>    1. Created a new "PasswordFiels" class in
>>    "org.wso2.carbon.governance.generic.ui.common.dataobject"
>>
>>
>> Regarding the security concern of the password field, I identified
>> several challenges.
>>
>>    - When to encrypt the password field content.
>>    - Whether the encryption should be in UI side or backend side?
>>    - When to decrypt the password field content.
>>    - Whether the decryption should be done in every time it is viewed or
>>    decrypt the password field content as necessary upon request of the user?
>>
>> Please give your suggestions on regarding these concerns.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Regards,
>> Sithumini
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