How to encrypt the datasource password

[Juanjo Bazan]

I had configured a JNDI DataSource in Tomcat adding a context in the server.xml file.
Since we are sharing the Tomcat server with developers from other company (who also have access to the configuration files) I would like to avoid to declare the user/password pair in plain text like this:

<parameter>
     <name>username</name>
     <value>myname</value>
</parameter>
<parameter>
     <name>password</name>
     <value>mypassword</value>
</parameter>

Is possible to store the value of the DB password encrypted when creating a JNDI Datasource?
Thank you

[Lu Battist]

Sure its possible. Look up JCE. You would store the encrypted password in the xml file. Then decrypt it in the servlet that makes the database connect. You may also have to store a key in that servlet as well. It may not be fool-proof but would prevent causual id theft.