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+package de.towerdefence.server.player;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.security.MessageDigest;
+import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
+import java.security.SecureRandom;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+@Component
+public class PlayerService {
+    @Autowired
+    private PlayerRepository playerRepository;
+
+    private final SecureRandom random;
+
+    public PlayerService(PlayerRepository playerRepository) {
+        this.playerRepository = playerRepository;
+        this.random = new SecureRandom();
+    }
+
+    public boolean checkPassword(Player player, String password) throws NoSuchAlgorithmException {
+        return Arrays.equals(
+            hashPassword(
+                    player.getPasswordSalt(),
+                    password.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)
+            ),
+            player.getPasswordHash()
+        );
+    }
+
+    public void setPassword(Player player, String password) throws NoSuchAlgorithmException {
+        byte[] salt = new byte[16];
+        this.random.nextBytes(salt);
+
+        byte[] passwordHash = hashPassword(
+                salt,
+                password.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)
+        );
+
+        player.setPasswordSalt(salt);
+        player.setPasswordHash(passwordHash);
+    }
+
+    private static byte[] hashPassword(byte[] salt, byte[] password) throws NoSuchAlgorithmException {
+        MessageDigest md = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA-512");
+        md.update(salt);
+        return md.digest(password);
+    }
+}