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Rick Hillegas commented on DERBY-2196:
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HI Bernt. Thanks for the feedback on the name of the override flag. I agree
that "secure-by-default" means, at best, "has no security holes that we
understand". One thing that I like about "unsecure" as a flag name is this: it
allows the flag to control other security mechanisms besides the installation
of a Java security manager. I'm not a big fan of introducing a lot of flags to
control individual security features. I think that the discussion on DERBY-2264
gives some sense of how complicated our security settings are already. I'd like
to contain the complexity if we can.
> Run standalone network server with security manager by default
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>
> Key: DERBY-2196
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-2196
> Project: Derby
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Network Server, Security
> Reporter: Daniel John Debrunner
> Assigned To: Rick Hillegas
> Attachments: derby-2196-01-print-01.diff,
> derby-2196-01-print-02.diff, derby-2196-01-print-03.diff,
> derby-2196-02-install-01.diff, derby-2196-03-tests-01.diff,
> secureServer.html, secureServer.html, secureServer.html, secureServer.html,
> secureServer.html, secureServer.html
>
>
> From an e-mail discussion:
> ... Derby should match the security provided by typical client server
> systems such as DB2, Oracle, etc. I
> think in this case system/database owners are trusting the database
> system to ensure that their system cannot be attacked. So maybe if Derby
> is booted as a standalone server with no security manager involved, it
> should install one with a default security policy. Thus allowing Derby
> to use Java security manager to manage system privileges but not
> requiring everyone to become familiar with them.
> http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/db-derby-dev/200612.mbox/[EMAIL
> PROTECTED]
> I imagine such a policy would allow any access to databases under
> derby.system.home and/or user.home.
> By standalone I mean the network server was started though the main() method
> (command line).
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