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RE: secure storage of sensitive data in J2EE

Subject: RE: secure storage of sensitive data in J2EE
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 12:56:25 +1100
Comments inline.

-----Original Message-----
From: exon [mailto:exon@home.se] 
Sent: Friday, 11 February 2005 9:33 AM
To: webappsec@securityfocus.com
Subject: Re: secure storage of sensitive data in J2EE

Michael Silk wrote:
Exon said:

Because it's supposed to be encrypted when it arrives over the 
network.


And how can that happen in such a way that an application 
listening to 
the incoming information can't get at it first?


It can't, but protecting pieces of memory from prying eyes 
was what this discussion was about. 

Yes, and the sub-discussion with Michael Howard was about the
usefulness of SecureString (this is the discussion where you responded
to me).

-- Michael

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