[jira] [Commented] (KUDU-2121) Java Client chooses GSSAPI SASL mechanism when Kerberos credentials are not present

["Dan Burkert (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Dan Burkert commented on KUDU-2121:
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review: https://gerrit.cloudera.org/#/c/8755/ .  Turns out the C++ client was completely failing to fallback to PLAIN.  The linked review fixes both issues.

> Java Client chooses GSSAPI SASL mechanism when Kerberos credentials are not present
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>
>                 Key: KUDU-2121
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KUDU-2121
>             Project: Kudu
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: java, security
>    Affects Versions: 1.4.0
>            Reporter: Dan Burkert
>            Assignee: Dan Burkert
>
> I've found an interesting difference in behavior between macos/Oracle JDK 8.0_144 and Centos 7/OpenJDK 8.0_121 in the [Sasl mechanism choosing code|https://github.com/apache/kudu/blob/2f78643e4979fc8a9499498aa04c7f4ffa0deb61/java/kudu-client/src/main/java/org/apache/kudu/client/Negotiator.java#L358-L389].  On macos, it will not choose GSSAPI if Kerberos credentials aren't present, because Sasl.createSaslClient will throw a SaslException.  On Centos 7 with OpenJDK, GSSAPI _will_ be chosen, and the negotiation will fail during the first call to [saslClient.evaluateChallenge|https://github.com/apache/kudu/blob/2f78643e4979fc8a9499498aa04c7f4ffa0deb61/java/kudu-client/src/main/java/org/apache/kudu/client/Negotiator.java#L680] (again, with a SaslException).  I haven't gotten to the bottom of the difference in behavior, and whether the platform, JDK version, or both is involved.
> Practically, the only effect this has is that unauthenticated clients on the Linux/OpenJDK platform will be unable to connect to authentication-optional servers, since the server will present GSSAPI as an option, the client will choose it, and then fail during evalueateChallenge.



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