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Daniel John Debrunner commented on DERBY-2109:
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With the additional system permissions proposed in DERBY-3462 I wonder if it 
makes sense to change the style of names & actions in SystemPermission.

Today a "shutdown" name is proposed and potential for future "shutdownEngine" 
and "shutdownServer" with no actions.

DERBY-3462 is proposing names of jmxControl, serverControl, engineControl etc 
also with no actions.

Looking at the standard Permission class it seems the name is meant to 
represent an object that the permission applies to and action represent actions 
on that object.
Thus it would seem to make more sense and be consistent with other Permissions 
to have:

 name=server   action=control | monitor | shutdown
 name=engine  action=control | monitor | shutdown
 name=jmx        action=control

Not sure what the current "shutdown" would map to (note it is an action, but 
defined as a name), it could be:

 name="system"  action="shutdown"  => implies engine,shutdown & server,shutdown

This could be changed after any updated patch is applied, but would need to be 
done before any release.

> System privileges
> -----------------
>
>                 Key: DERBY-2109
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-2109
>             Project: Derby
>          Issue Type: New Feature
>          Components: Security
>    Affects Versions: 10.3.1.4
>            Reporter: Rick Hillegas
>            Assignee: Martin Zaun
>         Attachments: DERBY-2109-02.diff, DERBY-2109-02.stat, 
> derby-2109-03-javadoc-see-tags.diff, DERBY-2109-04.diff, DERBY-2109-04.stat, 
> DERBY-2109-05and06.diff, DERBY-2109-05and06.stat, DERBY-2109-07.diff, 
> DERBY-2109-07.stat, DERBY-2109-08.diff, DERBY-2109-08.stat, 
> DERBY-2109-08_addendum.diff, DERBY-2109-08_addendum.stat, DERBY-2109-09.diff, 
> DERBY-2109-09.stat, SystemPrivilegesBehaviour.html, systemPrivs.html, 
> systemPrivs.html, systemPrivs.html, systemPrivs.html
>
>
> Add mechanisms for controlling system-level privileges in Derby. See the 
> related email discussion at 
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.apache.db.derby.devel/33151.
> The 10.2 GRANT/REVOKE work was a big step forward in making Derby more  
> secure in a client/server configuration. I'd like to plug more client/server 
> security holes in 10.3. In particular, I'd like to focus on  authorization 
> issues which the ANSI spec doesn't address.
> Here are the important issues which came out of the email discussion.
> Missing privileges that are above the level of a single database:
> - Create Database
> - Shutdown all databases
> - Shutdown System
> Missing privileges specific to a particular database:
> - Shutdown that Database
> - Encrypt that database
> - Upgrade database
> - Create (in that Database) Java Plugins (currently  Functions/Procedures, 
> but someday Aggregates and VTIs)
> Note that 10.2 gave us GRANT/REVOKE control over the following  
> database-specific issues, via granting execute privilege to system  
> procedures:
> Jar Handling
> Backup Routines
> Admin Routines
> Import/Export
> Property Handling
> Check Table
> In addition, since 10.0, the privilege of connecting to a database has been 
> controlled by two properties (derby.database.fullAccessUsers and 
> derby.database.defaultConnectionMode) as described in the security section of 
> the Developer's Guide (see 
> http://db.apache.org/derby/docs/10.2/devguide/cdevcsecure865818.html).

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