Security Manager Configuration Reference

id

no

name

no

custom-security-provider

0..1

A custom implementation of SecurityProvider.

custom-encryption-strategy

0..1

A custom implementation of EncryptionStrategy.

secret-key-encryption-strategy

0..1

Provides secret key-based encryption using JCE.

password-encryption-strategy

0..1

Provides password-based encryption using JCE. Users must specify a password and optionally a salt and iteration count as well. The default algorithm is PBEWithMD5AndDES, but users can specify any valid algorithm supported by JCE.

name

name (no spaces)

yes

provider-ref

string

yes

The name of the security provider to use.

spring:property

0..*

Spring-style property element for custom configuration.

name

name (no spaces)

yes

strategy-ref

string

yes

A reference to the encryption strategy (which may be a Spring bean that implements the EncryptionStrategy interface).

spring:property

0..*

name

name (no spaces)

yes

key

string

no

The key to use. This and the 'keyFactory-ref' attribute are mutually exclusive.

keyFactory-ref

string

no

The name of the key factory to use. This should implement the ObjectFactory interface and return a byte array. This and the 'key' attribute are mutually exclusive.

name

name (no spaces)

yes

password

string

yes

The password to use.

salt

string

no

The salt to use (this helps prevent dictionary attacks).

iterationCount

integer

no

The number of iterations to use.