[jira] [Created] (HBASE-11481) TableSnapshotInputFormat javadoc wrongly claims HBase "enforces security"

["Andrew Purtell (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Andrew Purtell created HBASE-11481:
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             Summary: TableSnapshotInputFormat javadoc wrongly claims HBase "enforces security"
                 Key: HBASE-11481
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-11481
             Project: HBase
          Issue Type: Bug
            Reporter: Andrew Purtell
            Assignee: Andrew Purtell
             Fix For: 0.99.0


In the Javadoc for TableSnapshotInputFormat, we have this:
{quote}
HBase also enforces security because all the requests are handled by the server layer, and the user cannot read from the data files directly.
{quote}

The snapshot input format operates on HFiles directly, that's how it gains its performance benefits. No requests are handled by the 'server layer'.

Later the Javadoc correctly states the implications:
{quote}
Note that, given other users access to read from snapshot/data files will completely circumvent the access control enforced by HBase.
{quote}



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