With regards to adding features, it probably makes sense to talk about
adding table/namespace crypto configuration separately from column-level
encryption. Column-level encryption would require big changes to how we
partition data, how we organize configuration information, and how we
handle crypto-related errors. Table/namespace configuration would be much
more readily achievable, and should be considered separately.

Adam


On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 2:11 PM, William Slacum <[email protected]> wrote:

> Just to moonwalk back a bit, I see a few things happening concurrently now.
> First is trying to get a consensus on where we want to go with the
> encryption at rest story in Accumulo.
>
> I see us having established that what we have is scoped down to working for
> WALs and RFiles, and if you happen to have written it, you are satisfied.
> However, as a project, we haven't pulled it into the public API and haven't
> provided documentation, so if you haven't written it, the process of
> finding out how to configure and use the feature is indirect.
>
> There is some consensus about moving to using HDFS encryption to achieve
> the same features, but we want to test and see if the performance is
> comparable between it and Accumulo's RFile encryption capability. There may
> be caveats based on how you encrypt the data. We want to explore this
> space. Mike would like a Jira ticket to outline this.
>
> For adding features to Accumulo, we could potentially add encryption at the
> column level. Questions about this involve the level of effort for
> supporting this because, compared to other solutions, dynamic locality
> groups make this a more difficult task when compared to products with a 1:1
> mapping between locality groups and column families (as well as an extra
> mapping to files).
>
> Did I miss anything?
>
> On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 1:27 PM, Adam Fuchs <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Camps two and three are the same camp, really. If we can identify a clear
> > roadmap (eventually via the right set of tickets), then it comes down to
> > whether people have energy and inclination to do the work. I don't think
> > the roadmap ends here.
> >
> > Adam
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 1:18 PM, Christopher <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > Perhaps. I had interpreted some of Adam's comments ("The only thing
> that
> > > doesn't get encrypted is a temporary WAL recovery file. That is a
> project
> > > we should take on..."), as favoring improvements to the current state
> of
> > > things. As that has also been the focus of previous conversations about
> > the
> > > state of Accumulo's encryption-at-rest, I assumed that third camp also
> > > existed. Perhaps I was wrong.
> > >
> > > On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 1:11 PM Mike Drob <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I think you have misidentified the two camps. There is a camp that
> > > believes
> > > > we should phase out the code in favour of the HDFS encryption, and a
> > camp
> > > > that believes the code is sufficiently mature. I don't think there
> is a
> > > > group that is interested in improving the state of things.
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 12:02 PM, Christopher <[email protected]>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > JIRAs are fine, but I thought this thread was mostly addressing the
> > > fact
> > > > > that there doesn't seem to be a sustained interest in actually
> > working
> > > on
> > > > > any of the JIRAs addressing that area of code. Am I wrong? Is there
> > > > > willingness from anybody to expend effort on this code? Even if
> not,
> > we
> > > > can
> > > > > still make JIRAs, but they'll probably just be ignored. So, the
> > > question
> > > > > for me is: which JIRAs should we make? Are we going to pursue
> phasing
> > > out
> > > > > the code, or pursue improving it? Those are very different JIRA
> text.
> > > > >
> > > > > On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 12:22 PM Mike Drob <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Can we file some JIRAs to build out a suite to test this and run
> > the
> > > > > > necessary tests?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 11:17 AM, Christopher <
> [email protected]>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > My main concern using HDFS encryption vs. built-in Accumulo
> > > > > > implementation
> > > > > > > is possibly performance with respect to seeks. If we encrypt
> our
> > > > > indexed
> > > > > > > blocks independently (as we do now), I suspect our seeks would
> be
> > > > more
> > > > > > > performant than relying on HDFS encryption, whose encrypted
> > blocks
> > > > may
> > > > > > not
> > > > > > > fall on our index boundaries. If this is a small difference, it
> > > might
> > > > > > still
> > > > > > > be worth it for convenience and simpler maintenance, but I
> > suspect
> > > > the
> > > > > > > difference will be somewhat substantial.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 12:11 PM Josh Elser <
> [email protected]
> > >
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > +1 I think this is the right step. My hunch is that some of
> the
> > > > > common
> > > > > > > > data access patterns that we have in Accumulo (over HBase) is
> > > that
> > > > > the
> > > > > > > > per-colfam encryption isn't quick as common a design pattern
> as
> > > it
> > > > is
> > > > > > > > for HBase (please tell me I'm wrong if anyone disagrees --
> this
> > > is
> > > > > > > > mostly a gut reaction). I think our users would likely
> benefit
> > > more
> > > > > > from
> > > > > > > > a per-namespace/table encryption control like you suggest.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Implementing RFile encryption at HDFS level (e.g. tie a
> > specific
> > > > > > > > zone/key for a table) is probably straightforward. Changing
> the
> > > > > > > > TServer's WAL use would likely be trickier to get right (a
> > > tserver
> > > > > > would
> > > > > > > > have multiple WALs, one for each unique zone/key from Tablet
> it
> > > > > happens
> > > > > > > > to host). Maybe worrying about that is getting ahead of
> things
> > --
> > > > > just
> > > > > > > > thought about it and figured I'd mention it :)
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > William Slacum wrote:
> > > > > > > > > Yup, #2. I also don't know if it's worth the effort for
> that
> > > > > specific
> > > > > > > > > feature. It might be easier to add something like
> > per-namespace
> > > > > > and/or
> > > > > > > > > per-table encryption, then define common access patterns
> for
> > > > > > > applications
> > > > > > > > > that want to use multiple keys for encryption.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 8:10 PM, Adam Fuchs<
> [email protected]
> > >
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >> Bill,
> > > > > > > > >>
> > > > > > > > >> Do you envision one of the following as the driver behind
> > > > > > > finer-grained
> > > > > > > > >> encryption?:
> > > > > > > > >>
> > > > > > > > >> 1. We would only encrypt certain columns in order to get
> > > better
> > > > > > > > >> performance;
> > > > > > > > >>
> > > > > > > > >> 2. We would use different keys on different columns in
> order
> > > to
> > > > > > revoke
> > > > > > > > >> access to a column via the key store;
> > > > > > > > >>
> > > > > > > > >> 3. We would only give a tablet server access to a subset
> of
> > > > > columns
> > > > > > at
> > > > > > > > any
> > > > > > > > >> given time in order to protect something, and figure out
> > what
> > > to
> > > > > do
> > > > > > > for
> > > > > > > > >> compactions, etc.;
> > > > > > > > >>
> > > > > > > > >> 4. Something entirely different...
> > > > > > > > >>
> > > > > > > > >> Seems like thing #2 might have merit, but I'm not sure
> it's
> > > > worth
> > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > >> effort.
> > > > > > > > >>
> > > > > > > > >> Adam
> > > > > > > > >> On Nov 4, 2015 7:38 PM, "William Slacum"<
> [email protected]>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > >>
> > > > > > > > >>> @Adam, column family level encryption can be useful for
> > > > > > multi-tenant
> > > > > > > > >>> environments, and I think it maps pretty well to the
> > document
> > > > > > > > >>> partitioning/sharding/wikisearch style tables. Things are
> > > > > trickier
> > > > > > in
> > > > > > > > >>> Accumulo than in HBase since there isn't a 1:1 mapping
> > > between
> > > > > > column
> > > > > > > > >>> families and files. The built in RFile encryption scheme
> > > seems
> > > > > > better
> > > > > > > > >>> suited to this.
> > > > > > > > >>>
> > > > > > > > >>> @Christopher&  Keith, it's something we can evaluate. Is
> > > there
> > > > a
> > > > > > good
> > > > > > > > >> test
> > > > > > > > >>> harness for just writing an RFile, opening a reader to
> it,
> > > and
> > > > > just
> > > > > > > > >> poking
> > > > > > > > >>> around? I was looking at the constructors and they didn't
> > > seem
> > > > > > > > >>> straightforward enough for me to comprehend them within a
> > few
> > > > > > > seconds.
> > > > > > > > >>>
> > > > > > > > >>>
> > > > > > > > >>>
> > > > > > > > >>> On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 9:56 PM, Keith Turner<
> > > [email protected]
> > > > > > > > >>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>>
> > wrote:
> > > > > > > > >>>
> > > > > > > > >>>> On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 1:37 PM, Keith Turner<
> > > [email protected]
> > > > > > > > >>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>>
> > wrote:
> > > > > > > > >>>>
> > > > > > > > >>>>>
> > > > > > > > >>>>> On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 12:27 PM, William Slacum<
> > > > > > [email protected]
> > > > > > > > >>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>>
> > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> Is "the code being 'at rest'" you making a funny about
> > > > active
> > > > > > > > >>>> development?
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> Making sure I haven't lost my ability to get jokes :)
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> I see two reasons why the code would be inactive: the
> > > > feature
> > > > > is
> > > > > > > > >> good
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> enough as is or it's not interesting enough to attract
> > > > > > attention.
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> Considering it's not public API, there are no
> > discussions
> > > to
> > > > > > bring
> > > > > > > > >>> into
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> the
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> public API, and there's no effort to document how to
> use
> > > it,
> > > > > my
> > > > > > > > >>>> intuition
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> tells me that there isn't enough interest in it from a
> > > > project
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> perspective.
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>  From a user perspective, I've been getting asked
> about
> > it
> > > > > when
> > > > > > I
> > > > > > > > >> work
> > > > > > > > >>>> with
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> Accumulo users. My recommendation, exclusively, is to
> > use
> > > > HDFS
> > > > > > > > >>>> encryption
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> because I can go to Hadoop's website and find
> > > documentation
> > > > on
> > > > > > it.
> > > > > > > > >>> When
> > > > > > > > >>>> I
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> go to find documentation on Accumulo's offerings, any
> > > > > usability
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> information
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> comes from vendor SlideShares. Most mentions of the
> > > feature
> > > > on
> > > > > > > > >>> official
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> Apache Accumulo channels echo Christopher's sentiments
> > on
> > > > the
> > > > > > > > >> feature
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> being
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> experimental and not being officially recommended for
> > use.
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> I wouldn't want to rip out the feature first and then
> > > figure
> > > > > > > things
> > > > > > > > >>> out
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> later. Sean already alluded to it, but a roadmap
> should
> > > > > contain
> > > > > > > > >>>> something
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> (tool or documentation) to help users migrate if we go
> > > down
> > > > > that
> > > > > > > > >>> route.
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> What I'm trying to figure out is, when the question of
> > > "How
> > > > > do I
> > > > > > > do
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> encryption at rest in Accumulo?" comes up, what is our
> > > > > > community's
> > > > > > > > >>>> answer?
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> If we went down the route of using HDFS encryption
> > zones,
> > > > can
> > > > > we
> > > > > > > > >> offer
> > > > > > > > >>>> the
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> same features? At the very least, we'd be offering the
> > > same
> > > > > > > > >>>> database-level
> > > > > > > > >>>>> Where does the decryption happen with DFS, is it in the
> > DFS
> > > > > > client?
> > > > > > > > >> If
> > > > > > > > >>>>> so, using HDFS level encryption seems to offer the same
> > > > > > > > >>> functionality???
> > > > > > > > >>>>> Has anyone written a tool that takes an
> > > > > > > > >>>>> Accumulo-encrypted-HDFS-unencrypted-RFile and rewrites
> it
> > > is
> > > > as
> > > > > > an
> > > > > > > > >>>>> Accumulo-unencrypted-HDFS-encrypted-RFile?  Wondering
> if
> > > > there
> > > > > > are
> > > > > > > > >> any
> > > > > > > > >>>>> unexpected gotchas w/ this.
> > > > > > > > >>>>>
> > > > > > > > >>>> I was discussing my questions w/ Christopher today and
> he
> > > > > > mentioned
> > > > > > > an
> > > > > > > > >>>> experiment that I thought was interesting.   What is the
> > > > random
> > > > > > seek
> > > > > > > > >>>> performance of Accumulo-encrypted-HDFS-unencrypted-RFile
> > vs
> > > > > > > > >>>> Accumulo-unencrypted-HDFS-encrypted-RFile?
> > > > > > > > >>>>
> > > > > > > > >>>>
> > > > > > > > >>>>>
> > > > > > > > >>>>>
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> encryption scheme. I don't know the details of "more
> > > > advanced
> > > > > > key
> > > > > > > > >>>> stores",
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> but it seems like we could potentially take any custom
> > > > > > > > >> implementation
> > > > > > > > >>>> and
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> map it to a KeyProvider [1]. I could also envision
> table
> > > > level
> > > > > > > > >>>> encryption
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> being implementable via zones, but probably not down
> to
> > > the
> > > > > > column
> > > > > > > > >>>> family
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> level.
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> [1]
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>
> > > > > > > > >>
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> https://hadoop.apache.org/docs/r2.6.0/api/org/apache/hadoop/crypto/key/KeyProvider.html
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 10:19 AM, Adam Fuchs<
> > > > [email protected]
> > > > > > > > >>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>>
> > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> Responses inline.
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> Adam
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> On Nov 1, 2015 9:58 AM, "Christopher"<
> > > [email protected]
> > > > > > > > >>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> 1. I'm not sure I'd call an incomplete solution
> > 'great'.
> > > > > What
> > > > > > it
> > > > > > > > >>>> does
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> is
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> provide partial encryption-at-rest protection
> (unless
> > > > you're
> > > > > > > > >>> running
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> without walogs, and have good integration with some
> > > > external
> > > > > > > > >>> secure
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> key
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> management faculty, and then it's probably fine).
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> The only thing that doesn't get encrypted is a
> > temporary
> > > > WAL
> > > > > > > > >>> recovery
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> file.
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> That is a project we should take on, but it does not
> > > imply
> > > > > that
> > > > > > > > >> the
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> existing features are not valuable. With HDFS
> > encryption
> > > > > > options
> > > > > > > > >>> this
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> would
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> now be a much easier project to take on. Also, the
> > users
> > > I
> > > > > know
> > > > > > > > >> that
> > > > > > > > >>>> use
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> encryption at rest do so with a more secure key store
> > > than
> > > > > the
> > > > > > > > >>>> default.
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> 2. I'm concerned that anybody using Accumulo's E-A-R
> > > don't
> > > > > > > > >>>> necessarily
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> realize its current shortcomings, or its lack of
> > > upstream
> > > > > > > > >>>> maintenance
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> support (which it has not been receiving). It may be
> > the
> > > > > case
> > > > > > > > >> that
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> these
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> users have support from an intermediary, and do
> > > understand
> > > > > the
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> shortcomings... I don't know, but it's a concern.
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> Anybody that creates a secure system has to analyze
> the
> > > > > > security
> > > > > > > > >> of
> > > > > > > > >>>> the
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> system as a whole. Accumulo's encryption at rest is
> one
> > > > part
> > > > > of
> > > > > > > > >> the
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> solution. Taking away the tool without providing an
> > > > > alternative
> > > > > > > > >> does
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> nothing to improve the security of systems built on
> > > > Accumulo.
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> 3. Correction: it has been an explicitly
> experimental
> > > > > feature
> > > > > > > > >> and
> > > > > > > > >>> an
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> incomplete one, which hasn't really been touched in
> > two
> > > > > years,
> > > > > > > > >> and
> > > > > > > > >>>> has
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> been
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> explicitly excluded by the community for being
> public
> > > API
> > > > > > > > >> because
> > > > > > > > >>> of
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> its
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> incompleteness. Age doesn't determine public API
> > status.
> > > > The
> > > > > > > > >>>> community
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> does.
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> People are using it, so we have to consider the
> > > > implications
> > > > > of
> > > > > > > > >>>> whatever
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> changes we make and weigh against the benefits. I
> > believe
> > > > the
> > > > > > > last
> > > > > > > > >>> bug
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> fix
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> was done this year, so I would argue it is being
> > > > maintained.
> > > > > > > > >> Changes
> > > > > > > > >>>> to
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> our
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> encryption at rest implementation will have
> > consequences
> > > > for
> > > > > > > those
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> users.
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> There had better be a clear benefit if we break their
> > > > > systems.
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> 4. Has Accumulo's been evaluated for security and
> > > > > performance?
> > > > > > > > >> By
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> whom?
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> Is
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> it published?
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> Yes, there have been several talks at meetups and
> > > > conferences
> > > > > > > that
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> discuss
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> the security and performance of the current solution.
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> On Sun, Nov 1, 2015, 08:55 Adam Fuchs<
> > [email protected]
> > > > > > > > >>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>>
> > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> There's another way to look at the state of
> > Accumulo's
> > > > > > > > >>> encryption
> > > > > > > > >>>> at
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> rest:
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> 1. Encryption at rest works great for what it does,
> > and
> > > > the
> > > > > > > > >> code
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> being
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> "at
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> rest" isn't necessarily a problem
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> 2. Several organizations are using Accumulo's
> > > encryption
> > > > at
> > > > > > > > >> rest
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> effectively in operations
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> 3. Encryption at rest has been a supported
> > > configuration
> > > > > > > > >> option
> > > > > > > > >>>> for
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> over
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> two years with established plugin interfaces, and
> > > > therefore
> > > > > > it
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> should
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> be
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> considered part of the public API
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> 4. Upstream alternatives (to my knowledge) have not
> > > been
> > > > > > > > >>> analyzed
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> for
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> performance or security
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>>
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> The given option #2 would at least require an
> > analysis
> > > of
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> alternatives,
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> and
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> we would have to decide what to do about backwards
> > > > > > > > >> compatibility
> > > > > > > > >>>> for
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> users
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> using custom key stores and encryption strategies
> > that
> > > > may
> > > > > or
> > > > > > > > >>> may
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> not
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> be
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> supported by upstream alternatives.
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>>
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> As far as option #1 goes, I can get behind
> > encouraging
> > > > > people
> > > > > > > > >> to
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> take
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> up
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> projects to improve Accumulo's encryption. I think
> > > we're
> > > > > > > > >> already
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> going
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> down
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> this path, but without having identified resources
> to
> > > do
> > > > > the
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> improvements.
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> Any volunteers?
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>>
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> Adam
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>>
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>>
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 4:22 PM, William Slacum<
> > > > > > > > >>>> [email protected]<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','
> > > > > [email protected]
> > > > > > > ');>>
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> wrote:
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>>> So I've been looking into options for providing
> > > > encryption
> > > > > > > > >> at
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> rest,
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> and
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> it
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>>> seems like what Accumulo has is abandonware from a
> > > > project
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> perspective.
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>>> There is no official documentation on how to
> perform
> > > > > > > > >>> encryption
> > > > > > > > >>>> at
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> rest,
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>>> and the best information from its status comes
> from
> > > year
> > > > > (or
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> greater)
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> old
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>>> ticket comments about how the feature is still
> > > > > experimental.
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> Recently
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> there
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>>> was a talk that described using HDFS encryption
> > zones
> > > as
> > > > > an
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> alternative.
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>>>  From my perspective, this is what I see as the
> > > current
> > > > > > > > >>>> situation:
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>>> 1- Encryption at rest in Accumulo isn't actively
> > being
> > > > > > > > >> worked
> > > > > > > > >>> on
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>>> 2- Encryption at rest in Accumulo isn't part of
> the
> > > > public
> > > > > > > > >> API
> > > > > > > > >>>> or
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> marketed
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>>> capabilities
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>>> 3- Documentation for what does exist is scattered
> > > > > throughout
> > > > > > > > >>>> Jira
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> comments
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>>> or presentations
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>>> 4- A viable alternative exists that appears to
> have
> > > > > feature
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> parity in
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> HDFS
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>>> encryption
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>>> 5- HBase has finer grained encryption capabilities
> > > that
> > > > > > > > >> extend
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> beyond
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>> what
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>>> HDFS provides
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>>>
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>>> Moving forward, what's the consensus for
> supporting
> > > this
> > > > > > > > >>>> feature?
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>>> Personally, I see two options:
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>>>
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>>> 1- Start going down a path to bring the feature
> into
> > > the
> > > > > > > > >>>> forefront
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> and
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>>> start providing feature parity with HBase
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>>>
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>>> or
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>>>
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>>> 2- Remove the feature and place emphasis on
> upstream
> > > > > > > > >>> encryption
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> offerings
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>>> Any input is welcomed&  appreciated!
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>>>
> > > > > > > > >>>>>
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
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