Using Java Cryptography in WebObjects Applications
An often-overlooked aspect of securing applications on the Web is the storage of sensitive data. This could be credit-card details, account balances, or other sensitive data.
It is of utmost important that such information doesn't get into the hands of unauthorized personnel of the vender of the Web service or product.
So, in this section we'll look at encrypting sensitive data to the database. The only real sensitive data in the online forum application are the user passwords. Again, in such an application it is not critical or necessary to provide security of such sophistication. In which case treat the following section as an exercise.
Introduction to Encryption with WebObjects
Encrypting ...
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