Protection of User Passwords for Directory Authentication

Oracle Internet Directory can protect a user's directory password by storing it in the userPassword attribute as a one-way hashed value. You select the hashing algorithm you want to use. Storing passwords as one-way hashed values--rather than as encrypted values--more fully secures them because a malicious user can neither read nor decrypt them.

See Also: "Storing and Managing Password Verifiers for Authenticating to Oracle Internet Directory"