[jira] [Resolved] (SOLR-16551) Provide a way to disable the PKIAuthenticationPlugin

["Jan Høydahl (Jira)" <ji...@apache.org>]

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-16551?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Jan Høydahl resolved SOLR-16551.
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    Resolution: Invalid

Please open a discussion thread on the users list instead of opening a JIRA. We already recommend running both SSL with Auth, so when you do, you can decide yourself how long TTL is acceptable for your env. I don't see how disabling PKI will give you better security. We could look at whether the 5s default is too low, but it is configurable, right?

Closing this JIRA, awaiting followup discussion in the users mailing list.

> Provide a way to disable the PKIAuthenticationPlugin
> ----------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: SOLR-16551
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-16551
>             Project: Solr
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>      Security Level: Public(Default Security Level. Issues are Public) 
>          Components: Authentication
>    Affects Versions: 8.6.3
>            Reporter: Alex Deparvu
>            Priority: Minor
>
> The PKIAuthenticationPlugin [0] plugin will secure inter-node communication by injecting a custom header that will allow any destination node to verify tampering of message by checking against source node's public key. This header also contains a TTL value that exists to prevent replay attacks (default is 5 seconds).
> Under very high load for increased periods of time, messages can start to expire, causing a spike in authorization errors. by trial and error, increasing the TTL value high enough seems to help the cluster get over the hump, but setting it too high will raise security concerns. 
> This begs the question: is there any circumstance under which it is safe to disable the "header sign and check with TTL" mechanism. It seems that enabling inter-node encryption [1] can provide sufficient protection in transit so that the header approach would no longer be required.
> I am opening this ticket to gather feedback from the community. First, is this something that others have seen (heavy load can lead to 401s on inter-node requests). Second, is the approach to disable the PKI plugin sensible or would it cause more confusion and/or security troubles?
> [0] https://solr.apache.org/guide/solr/latest/deployment-guide/authentication-and-authorization-plugins.html#pkiauthenticationplugin
> [1] https://solr.apache.org/guide/solr/latest/deployment-guide/enabling-ssl.html



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