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<title>Security Considerations</title>
<author email="michal.maczka@dimatics.com">Michal Maczka</author>
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> For the moment I have tested my API with username, user password
> kept in properties file. I think that such approach is not acceptable.
>
> You can use command line to pass properties to maven:
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> maven war:deloy -Dmaven.repo.ibiblio.password = ******
>
>
> This is already better ... but still not perfect.
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> I will try to implement/use(if I find one) simple class which will "Prompt"
> to type your password (eventually to enter other required parameters which
> are missing)
>
> regards
>
>
> Michal
I would avoid the command line passed password. It is much less secure
on unix than the password kept in a file. Command line can be seen by
simple ps commands, or e.g. linux systems store the in the /proc filesystem.
It should be used only from command files.
incze
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