Property stores

Password Store

The Password Store is an external repository that stores a value which results from changing the value for a password syntax component. The password protection mechanism is directly related to the configuration windows offered to the user. The configuration windows, or forms, contain descriptions of each parameter and its syntax. One type of syntax is password which causes the Configuration Editor to use a password text field for editing. This external repository for passwords is configured in the Properties page in the configuration editor (Password-Store) and is specified in the configuration file for the current IBM® Security Verify Directory Integrator solution. If no such property store is configured the password is saved in clear text in the configuration file.

If a default password store is configured, a unique property name is generated the first time a protected/password parameter is saved. This key is used as the key in the password store. The same property name is written to the configuration file as a standard property reference. When the value is later retrieved, standard property resolution takes place to retrieve the actual value from the password store.

If a Password Store is specified, a unique key is generated for the password and the password is saved encrypted in the Password Store under that key. In the configuration file, the password is referenced only by that key.

User property stores

The User Property Store is a System Store table used for maintaining serialized Java™ objects associated with a key value. This is where persistent component parameters and properties (such as the Iterator State Store) are maintained, as well as any data you store. The System Store implements User property stores as one of its three types of persistent stores for IBM® Security Verify Directory Integrator components. For information on IBM® Security Verify Directory Integrator user interfaces that allow you to select properties from a property store, see Add a Solution View.