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Java : Reading a password from a Bufferedreader() object

Ruaidhri · 2005-04-14 17:16:22

Hi, i'm not sure how to approach this problem. i need to read in a password across the network via a normal Socket. i'm using a BufferedReader() to take input from the client, but i need to read in a password. and i dont want the password echoed. is there a way to achieve this? i dont have to use a BufferedReader object at…

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14-04-2005 6:16pm

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Ruaidhri

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Hi,
i'm not sure how to approach this problem. i need to read in a password across the network via a normal Socket. i'm using a BufferedReader() to take input from the client, but i need to read in a password. and i dont want the password echoed. is there a way to achieve this? i dont have to use a BufferedReader object at all...

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#2 14-04-2005 11:07pm
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not sure if this is what ya want.

but this shows you how to make an input masker: password masking

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