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

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
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.