How can I hash a password in Java?

Question

I need to hash passwords for storage in a database. How can I do this in Java?

I was hoping to take the plain text password, add a random salt, then store the salt a

Answer 1

Among all the standard hash schemes, LDAP ssha is the most secure one to use,

http://www.openldap.org/faq/data/cache/347.html

I would just follow the algorithms specified there and use MessageDigest to do the hash.

You need to store the salt in your database as you suggested.