Secure passwords in files

• (iSeries) Password encoding and encryption

  Passwords are automatically encoded with a simple masking algorithm in various WebSphere Application Server ASCII configuration files. Additionally, we can manually encode passwords in properties files used by Java clients and by administrative commands for WAS.

• Encoding passwords in files

  WAS contains some encoded passwords that are not encrypted. The PropFilePasswordEncoder utility is included to encode these passwords.

• Enable custom password encryption.

Tune, harden, and maintain security configurations