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

  • Method Details

    • generateSalt

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