org.appng.core.security

Interface SaltedDigest

All Known Implementing Classes:

SaltedDigestSha1

public interface SaltedDigest

Provides methods required to create a salted hash of a given secret. Different implementations may provide stronger or weaker algorithms as well as better or poorer performance.

Author:

Matthias Herlitzius

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getDigest(String secret, String salt) Returns a salted hash of the submitted secret.
String	getSalt() Generates a random salt.

Method Detail

getDigest

String getDigest(String secret,
                 String salt)

Returns a salted hash of the submitted secret.

Parameters:

secret - The cleartext secret.

salt - The salt which should have been generated by the getSalt() method of the respective implementation.

Returns:

The salted hash (digest).

getSalt

String getSalt()

Generates a random salt. Can be used together with the getDigest(String, String) method of the respective implementation.

Returns:

the random salt