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Hudson commented on HADOOP-7621:
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Integrated in Hadoop-Common-22-branch #106 (See
[https://builds.apache.org/job/Hadoop-Common-22-branch/106/])
HADOOP-7621. Alfredo config should be in a file not readable by users.
Contributed by Aaron T. Myers and Benoy Antony. (Revision 1346227)
Result = SUCCESS
shv : http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/?root=Apache-SVN&view=rev&rev=1346227
Files :
* /hadoop/common/branches/branch-0.22/common/CHANGES.txt
*
/hadoop/common/branches/branch-0.22/common/src/docs/src/documentation/content/xdocs/HttpAuthentication.xml
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/hadoop/common/branches/branch-0.22/common/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/AuthenticationFilterInitializer.java
> alfredo config should be in a file not readable by users
> --------------------------------------------------------
>
> 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
>
>
> [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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