com.atlassian.security.password
Interface SaltGenerator

All Known Implementing Classes:

RandomSaltGenerator

public interface SaltGenerator

Used by DefaultPasswordEncoder to generate a password salt of a desired length.

A password salt is a random value used when encoding passwords to ensure that encoding the same password multiple times gives a different encoded value each time. The salt must be available later when verifying the password, so in some implementations it is stored with the password.

Method Summary

byte[]

generateSalt(int length) Returns a byte array of the required length containing a random salt value.

Method Detail

generateSalt

byte[] generateSalt(int length)

Returns a byte array of the required length containing a random salt value.