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Jun Rao commented on KAFKA-2658: -------------------------------- [~rsivaram], I wasn't so concerned about the size of the patch. Since this is a user-facing change, we probably should do a KIP discussion so that the community is aware of the change. Given the release timeline, I think it's better to do that post 0.9.0, probably 0.9.1. Thank you for all your help so far. > Implement SASL/PLAIN > -------------------- > > Key: KAFKA-2658 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-2658 > Project: Kafka > Issue Type: Sub-task > Components: security > Reporter: Rajini Sivaram > Assignee: Rajini Sivaram > Priority: Critical > Fix For: 0.9.0.0 > > > KAFKA-1686 supports SASL/Kerberos using GSSAPI. We should enable more SASL > mechanisms. SASL/PLAIN would enable a simpler use of SASL, which along with > SSL provides a secure Kafka that uses username/password for client > authentication. > SASL/PLAIN protocol and its uses are described in > [https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4616]. It is supported in Java. > This should be implemented after KAFKA-1686. This task should also hopefully > enable simpler unit testing of the SASL code. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)