kaxil commented on a change in pull request #7190: [AIRFLOW-XXXX] Add cross-reference between connection and fernet URL: https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/7190#discussion_r367498997
########## File path: docs/howto/connection/index.rst ########## @@ -221,6 +221,13 @@ To fix this, you can encode with :py:meth:`~urllib.parse.quote_plus`: >>> print(c.password) my-pa/ssword +Securing Connections +-------------------- + +Airflow uses `Fernet <https://github.com/fernet/spec/>`__ to encrypt passwords in the connection +configuration. It guarantees that a password encrypted using it cannot be manipulated or read without the key. Review comment: ```suggestion configuration. It guarantees that without the encryption password, Connection Passwords cannot be manipulated or read without the key. ``` ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org With regards, Apache Git Services