bruce dyer [https://community.jboss.org/people/bdyerjboss] commented on the document "JBoss AS7 Securing Passwords" To view all comments on this document, visit: https://community.jboss.org/docs/DOC-17248#comment-11235 -------------------------------------------------- Using 7.1.1.Final , urn:jboss:domain:1.2, standalone.  Windows7 x64, jdk 1.7. I get a *'Failed to parse configuration'* error when inserting the <vault/> node, as described in your example, into a valid standalone.xml.  *WstxIOException: Invalid UTF-8 start byte 0xa0* Any suggestions? --------------------------------------------------