Use encrypted data in a Maven pom

Question

I know that it is possible to encrypt a password and put the encrypted data in the settings.xml, so that Maven can access a remote server (for deployment, etc.)

Answer 1

Maven provided the necessary support to encrypt passwords in settings.xml, and for plugins to retrieve them. See for example SqlExecMojo.java.

Plugins "just" have to use this feature to be more user-friendly with credentials management.