Password Encryption

[ramendra]

Hi,
This is more of a Java question rather then webMethods. I want to store the password filed in the database after encrypting it so that no one can view this information. Also I want to do some validation on this password while the user logs in next time.
How we can do this ???
Is there any API's in Java or outside Java that can be used for this. Using this API's we can write a Java service in webMethods.

Appreciate quick response.

Thanks
RC

[saltelli]

What type of processing do you need to do on the password at the next user login? Do you need to only perform some kind of authentication to ensure that the provided password is correct, or do you need to submit the password to some resource?

[ramendra]

We just want to do the validation that the two password is same so that we can allow user to proceed further.
There are some Java API's in 1.4.
Will this be useful.
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.1/docs/guide/security/jce/JCERefGuide.html#PBE

Thanks
RC