What about a custom implementation of StoreConfiguration.toString which
does not include the password?

On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 10:28 AM, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Usually toString on an object that includes a password String can end up in
> places like logs that it should not be. A char[] toString does not display
> its contents.
>
> Gary
>
> On May 5, 2017 12:41 AM, "Mikael Ståldal" <mikael.stal...@magine.com>
> wrote:
>
> > What are those security reasons?
> >
> > On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 2:06 AM, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I think I'd like to change the type
> > > of org.apache.logging.log4j.core.net.ssl.StoreConfiguration.password
> > from
> > > String to char[] for the usual security reason.
> > >
> > > Thoughts?
> > >
> > > Gary
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