can JNDIRealm connectionPassword be encrypted?

[Klotz Jr, Dennis]

Greetings,

 

I have a working JNDIRealm setup that connects with our local Active
Directory using the following Realm statement:

 

      <Realm className="org.apache.catalina.realm.JNDIRealm" 

            debug="99"

            connectionName="CN=Last\,
First,OU=BedfordRecipients,DC=company,DC=com"

            connectionPassword="myPlainTextPassword"

            connectionURL="ldap://23.82.0.101:389";

            alternateURL="ldap://23.82.0.100:389";

            referrals="follow"

            userBase="OU=BedfordRecipients,DC=company,DC=com"

            userSearch="(sAMAccountName={0})"

            userSubtree="true"

            userRoleName="anAtribute"

      />

 

After the usual searching and investigation it appears there isn't a way
to use an MD5 (or something similar) version of connectionPassword. In
other words, I wish to replace the clear text password stored in the
server.xml with the MD5 equivalent.

 

Is it indeed the case that you cannot use and encrypted version of the
password and if so are there any plans of enhancing it? Is there some
aspect of the problem I'm overlooking?  

 

Dennis Klotz, Senior Software Engineer
EMPIRIX | Communications Infrastructure Group | 20 Crosby Drive |
Bedford, MA. USA | 01730