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[jira] [Updated] (HADOOP-7621) alfredo config should be in a file
not readable by users
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-7621?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]
Konstantin Shvachko updated HADOOP-7621:
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Fix Version/s: 0.22.1
I just committed this to branch 0.22.1. Thank you Benoy.
> alfredo config should be in a file not readable by users
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> Key: HADOOP-7621
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-7621
> Project: Hadoop Common
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: security
> Affects Versions: 0.20.205.0, 0.23.0, 0.24.0
> Reporter: Alejandro Abdelnur
> Assignee: Aaron T. Myers
> Priority: Critical
> Fix For: 1.1.0, 0.22.1, 2.0.0-alpha
>
> Attachments: HADOOP-7621-branch-0.20-security.patch, HADOOP-7621-branch-0.20-security.patch, HADOOP-7621.patch, HADOOP-7621.patch, HADOOP-7621.patch, hadoop-7621-022.patch
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> [thxs ATM for point this one out]
> Alfredo configuration currently is stored in the core-site.xml file, this file is readable by users (it must be as Configuration defaults must be loaded).
> One of Alfredo config values is a secret which is used by all nodes to sign/verify the authentication cookie.
> A user could get hold of this secret and forge authentication cookies for other users.
> Because of this the Alfredo configuration, should be move to a user non-readable file.
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