Decrypting the Password from the ITIM property files in JAVA

Decrypting the Password from the ITIM property files in JAVA.

Yes we can decrypt an encrypted password from the ISIM Property files like enRoleLDAPConnection.properties and enRoledatabase.properties file.
This can be very helpful when you are trying to connect to ISIM LDAP or DB in the java code from workflows using FESI Extension or custom Extension or even in ISIM Hooked Reports.

The by default com.ibm.itim.common.properties package Provided by IBM in the websphere Libraries contains a class called PropertiesManager

Create an object for this class and check for the options of methods it provides from it.
Use the method called getEncryptedProperty and get the decrypted password.

Confused....... and probably wondering why the heck do you need all the above information right.
Ok then to make it much easier see the below sample code for reference.


Sample Code for reference

//add the below line along with your import statements
import com.ibm.itim.common.properties.PropertiesManager;

public class my class{

public myldapconnection(){
//creates an object for the PropertiesManager class
PropertiesManager pm =PropertiesManager.gInstance();
String ldapserverpwd =pm.getEncryptedProperty("enrole.ldap.connection","java.naming.security.credentials");


Ok so in the above code enrole.ldap.connection is actually an property in the properties.properties file in the <ISIM Installed location>/data/ folder
In my code The Properties Manager is refering to the properties.properties file and searching for the property file to look into.