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[jira] [Resolved] (CASSANDRA-6174) Cassandra keystore password is
in plain text
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-6174?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]
Aleksey Yeschenko resolved CASSANDRA-6174.
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Resolution: Not a Problem
Storing it in base64 is exactly equivalent to keeping them in plain text.
> Cassandra keystore password is in plain text
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> Key: CASSANDRA-6174
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-6174
> Project: Cassandra
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Config
> Reporter: Shahryar Sedghi
> Priority: Minor
> Labels: lhf
> Attachments: 2.1-CASSANDRA-6174.txt
>
>
> It is an extremely bad security practice to keep any password, particularly keystore password in plain text. it can be easily obfuscated.
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