Jasypt at a glance

Jasypt is a java library which implements for you the current security standards, and which you can use for securely:

  • Creating digests. Example of use: encrypting passwords.
  • Encrypting texts, numbers or binaries using a password (Password Based Encryption). Example of use: encrypting personal user data.

For doing this, you have two different approaches:

  • The easy interface: which makes most configuration decisions for you, adequate if you have no knowledge of encryption and little interest in learning the concepts and internals. The easy interface is conformed of the classes in package org.jasypt.util. Learn more.
  • The standard interface: which lets you take configuration decisions (algorithm, key obtention, etc.), and can be more suitable for environments in which more control and fine-tuning is needed. Learn more.

If you want to learn more about jasypt and its specific capabilities, visit:

  • Advanced configuration: learn how jasypt's encryptors and digesters can be configured in unusual or user-defined ways.

And if you want to learn about integrating jasypt with other tools, visit:

  • Jasypt + Acegi: Integrating jasypt into your Spring Security (Acegi) based applications.