[jira] [Assigned] (COUCHDB-2367) Eliminate plaintext passwords altogether

["Robert Newson (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-2367?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Robert Newson reassigned COUCHDB-2367:
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    Assignee: Javier Candeira

all yours!

> Eliminate plaintext passwords altogether
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>
>                 Key: COUCHDB-2367
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-2367
>             Project: CouchDB
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>      Security Level: public(Regular issues) 
>          Components: Database Core
>            Reporter: Javier Candeira
>            Assignee: Javier Candeira
>
> In discussion about https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-2364, rnewson and candeira agreed on:
> <+rnewson> Maybe spent a little more time on the idea that we remove support for plaintext passwords entirely?
> <+rnewson> I dislike the hash-on-startup thing.
> <+rnewson> we could insist that you set up admins via PUT _config
> <+rnewson> and remove the hash_unhashed_admins function, and also ignore non-hashed lines in config
> <+rnewson> couchdb 2.0 could simply require the hashed version from the start (and we'd supply a hashing tool akin to htpasswd in httpd), or 
> < kandinski> what about PUT _config, it would still exist?
> <+rnewson> absolutely, yes.



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