[jira] Commented: (MDEPLOY-129) Need a way to specify repository credentials securely for deploy operations

["Benjamin Bentmann (JIRA)" <ji...@codehaus.org>]

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Benjamin Bentmann commented on MDEPLOY-129:
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http://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-encryption.html

> Need a way to specify repository credentials securely for deploy operations
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>
>                 Key: MDEPLOY-129
>                 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MDEPLOY-129
>             Project: Maven 2.x Deploy Plugin
>          Issue Type: New Feature
>          Components: deploy:deploy-file
>    Affects Versions: 2.4, 2.5
>         Environment: All
>            Reporter: Rick Herrick
>
> Currently, credentials for performing a deployment must be specified in the settings.xml. However, if a Maven repository is set to use LDAP for its authentication mechanism, this means exposing domain security credentials in plaintext in a static file on the hard drive and is _extremely_ insecure (as specified in the documentation: "Unfortunately, Maven doesn't currently support hashed or encrypted passwords in the settings.xml"). This is simply not workable in a secure environment, e.g. government, defense, financial, etc.
> Instead there should be an option to provide these credentials on the command line or using hash or encryption algorithms.

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