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RE: Java keystore password storage Apr 25 2005 05:52PM
Michael Howard (mikehow microsoft com)
Oh this thorny issue again!

On Windows you can call into the Data Protection API (CryptProtectData
etc), which uses keys derived from the user's password to protect secret
data like this, or uses a machine key if you want to lock the key down
to the machine. Mac OSX offers a similar technology call...

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