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Raghu Angadi commented on HADOOP-2184:
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> No, I don't see why (in fixing that other issue) we won't be able to call 
> another RPC method at the end of Server#getConnection() without changing much 
> else. [...]

You mean Client#getConnection() right (I don't see Server#getConnection())? 
This is exactly what the attached patch does. Client#getConnection() is only 
called inside a user's RPC.

> If you believe it strongly, then perhaps you should fix that other issue 
> first.
I am fine either way. Doug, please pick one of these :
# Your approach, which does not fix the "other issue"
# Or approach in the patch, which also fixes the "other issue"  (not 
seperately, but as a positive side effect this issue).

> RPC Support for user permissions and authentication.
> ----------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: HADOOP-2184
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-2184
>             Project: Hadoop
>          Issue Type: New Feature
>          Components: ipc
>    Affects Versions: 0.15.0
>            Reporter: Tsz Wo (Nicholas), SZE
>            Assignee: Raghu Angadi
>             Fix For: 0.16.0
>
>         Attachments: HADOOP-2184-demo.patch
>
>
> Update 11/13/2007: What is proposed for 0.16.0 :
> The client can set a user ticket (as defined in HADOOP-1701) for each 
> connection and that ticket is made available to RPC calls at the server. The 
> client can replace the ticket at any time. The main advantage is that rest of 
> the the client RPCs don't need to be aware of the user tickets.
> What RPC would ideally support in future :
> In the current version of RPC, there is no authentication or data protection. 
>  We propose to change the RPC framework, so that secure communication is 
> possible.
> The new RPC should:
> - Compatible with current RPC
> - Allow a pluggable security implementations (see HADOOP-1701)
> - Support both secure and non-secure modes.
> Here is a rough idea:
> - Store security information (e.g. username, keys) in a ticket
> - Use the ticket to establish a RPC connection
> - Create secure sockets by the (subclass of) SocketFactory corresponding to 
> the selected security implementations
> - Send the data and RPC parameters with the secure sockets
> When authentication is supported, the RPC callee should also initialize 
> caller information during RPC setup and execute the RPC on the caller's 
> behalf.

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