Package org.springframework.security.authentication.encoding

Password encoding implementations.

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Description

Interface Summary

PasswordEncoder

Deprecated. It is recommended to use PasswordEncoder instead which better accommodates best practice of randomly generated salt that is included with the password.

Class Summary

BaseDigestPasswordEncoder	Convenience base for digest password encoders.
BasePasswordEncoder	Convenience base for all password encoders.
LdapShaPasswordEncoder	A version of ShaPasswordEncoder which supports Ldap SHA and SSHA (salted-SHA) encodings.
Md4PasswordEncoder	MD4 implementation of PasswordEncoder.
Md5PasswordEncoder	MD5 implementation of PasswordEncoder.
MessageDigestPasswordEncoder	Base for digest password encoders.
PlaintextPasswordEncoder	Plaintext implementation of PasswordEncoder.
ShaPasswordEncoder	SHA implementation of PasswordEncoder.

Package org.springframework.security.authentication.encoding Description

Password encoding implementations. Apart from the "null" implementations, they are all based on password hashing using digest functions. See the reference manual for more information.

Third part implementations such as those provided by Jasypt can also be used.