I'm working on encrypting and decryption of authentication token.I'm very much new to security.
I have few questions can anyone help me
What is the most secure way to store AES secretkey ?
Is there any advantage of using KeyStore file over just hardcoded string (password + salt)?
It looks like in keystore I need a string (password + salt) with other attributes like alias,storetype,keypassword,storepass. But if I just create a (password + salt) it will give me same level of security