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[jira] Commented: (DERBY-3014) Make SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_GET_DATABASE_PROPERTY('derby.user.') return NULL instead of the hash value of the password

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Jazarine Jamal commented on DERBY-3014:
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A call to SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_GET_DATABASE_PROPERTY('derby.user.<username>')  property returns NULL evenn if the <username> does not exist.
So, I was thinking if the system function returns a ****** instead of null.


> Make SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_GET_DATABASE_PROPERTY('derby.user.<username>')  return NULL instead of the hash value of the password
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: DERBY-3014
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-3014
>             Project: Derby
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: Security
>            Reporter: Daniel John Debrunner
>            Assignee: R VIDYA LAKSHMI
>
> Increases security by providing less information to any attacker. The current returned hash value could be used in an off-line dictionary based attack to find a valid password.

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