Re: Storing encrypted passwords on AS400

[Franco Biaggi <fbiaggi@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Brett,

this is possible, due to data conversions...
try to store the passwords in plain text like:

String encrypted_pwd = SecurityHandler.encryptToString( enteredPassword );


Brett Slocum wrote:

> I have a Java web application that uses a servlet to store userids and
> encrypted passwords, as well as a stored procedure on the AS400 that
> checks to see if the password is correct.
>
> I'm having an problem where certain passwords (e.g. 'password99')
> always fail when the stored procedure checks the encrypted passwords
> against each other.
>
> Below is a code sniplet of the encryption. The String returned gets
> stored via JDBC into the AS400.
>
> Is there some issue with storing UTF-8 characters in the DB2 database?
> Should I use EBCDIC-US instead?
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
>  


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