Expert Oracle and Java Security: Programming Secure Oracle Database Applications with Java

Add Other Authentication Credentials

We are not limited to storing only Oracle connection strings in v_app_conn_registry. Recall that the HashMap is simply a list of string keys and associated string values. Once you get the HashMap back to your application, you can request a specific value based on any key you please.

Of course you could store connection strings or at least passwords for connections to non-Oracle databases. You might also store such things as passwords for secure FTP connections. Our current methods in OracleJavaSecure are tailored for storing Oracle connection strings, but you could add a method for storing, for example, secure FTP passwords. Listing 11-39 shows a sample method you might employ.

Listing 11-39. Example Method ...