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The JADE Credential Store offers a central and secure location to store credentials rather then specifying, for example, server credentials information such as the user name and password in configuration parameters.
Use of the Credential Store therefore ensures compliance by enabling JADE to use passwords that are neither stored or transmitted in an unprotected form.
Credential Stores are KeePassX databases that have been configured to be used by JADE. They are not related to the JAVA Keystore that can be used by specifying FTPSClientSecurity parameters.
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