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

["Javier Candeira (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Javier Candeira created COUCHDB-2367:
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             Summary: Eliminate plaintext passwords altogether
                 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


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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