How to mask a password in Java 5?
I am trying to mask a password in Java. Sun java has suggested a way to mask a password as follows. Masking a password It uses a simple way to do that. public void run () { stop = true; while (stop) { System.out.print("\010*"); try { Thread.currentThread().sleep(1); } catch(InterruptedException ie) { ie.printStackTrace(); } } } But this approach has several drawbacks. If the user uses the arrow keys + delete keys the password gets revealed. If the user accidentally press 2 keys at the same time (Extremely high typing speed) some characters does not get masked. Do you guys think of any way that