Changing encoding algorithm from OS400 to XOR

Use these steps to change your encoding algorithm from OS400 to XOR.

Before you begin

WebSphere® Application Server supports both the OS400 and the XOR encoding algorithms. The default encoding algorithm is XOR. For more conceptual information on these algorithms, see Password encoding and encryption.

About this task

There might be instances where you need to use the OS400 encoding algorithm. See Enabling the non-default OS/400® password encoding algorithm.

If you use the OS400 encoding algorithm, but change the os400.security.password.encoding.algorithm property value to XOR as described in the first step, then all of the passwords remain encoded with the OS400 algorithm. However, after you restart the server, when you make changes to the passwords through the administrative console, the passwords are encoded using the XOR algorithm.

The following steps describe how to change your encoding algorithm from OS400 to XOR:

Procedure

  1. Set the os400.security.password.encoding.algorithm property to XOR for each WebSphere Application Server profile that uses the Validation list object.
  2. Stop all of the servers.
  3. Edit the configuration files and change all of the encoded passwords to their unencoded values.
  4. Edit the properties files and change all of the encoded passwords to their clear text values.

Results

You have changed your encoding algorithm from OS400 to XOR.

What to do next

After you completing these steps, you can encode the passwords in the properties files. See Manually encoding passwords in properties files for more information.



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