Replace plaintext passwords by hashed passwords for out-of-the-box JMX Agent

Name: mc120937 Date: 03/18/2004


Currently, user/password are stored in cleartext in jmxremote.password
file. jmxmreote.password file must be read-only by owner only.

Hashing the password is a good refinement scheme and will
also allow sharing of a password file by multiple users
of a group.

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Vincent Ryan wrote:

Here are some details on the password hashing mechanism
that's used in the prototype:

   http://developer.netscape.com/docs/technote/ldap/pass_sha.html

The Salted Secure Hash Algorithm (SSHA) mechanism is the default password
storage mechanism used in our LDAP Directory Server product today:

   http://docs.sun.com/source/816-6700-10/aci.html#14932

The one-way hash protects against password disclosure, the salt protects
against pre-computed-hash dictionary attacks.

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Changes included:
* Replace plaintext passwords by hashed passwords

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