• Sensitive configuration values, such as passwords, shared secrets and alike, can be stored in three different ways:
• Secure External Storage: stored in external protected key store and not in the XML (recommended). For details, see Storing sensitive configuration values externally
• Obfuscated: stored "scrambled" in the XML (it can be recovered if known how, i.e. not securely encrypted)
• Plain: stored in clear text in the XML