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[GitHub] [airflow] mik-laj commented on a change in pull request #7190: [AIRFLOW-XXXX] Add cross-reference between connection and fernet

mik-laj commented on a change in pull request #7190: [AIRFLOW-XXXX] Add cross-reference between connection and fernet
URL: https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/7190#discussion_r373869495
 
 

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 File path: docs/howto/connection/index.rst
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 @@ -221,6 +221,13 @@ To fix this, you can encode with :py:meth:`~urllib.parse.quote_plus`:
     >>> print(c.password)
     my-pa/ssword
 
+Securing Connections
+--------------------
+
+Airflow uses `Fernet <https://github.com/fernet/spec/>`__ to encrypt passwords in the connection
+configuration. It guarantees that a password encrypted using it cannot be manipulated or read without the key.
 
 Review comment:
   Done.

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