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Sean Busbey commented on ACCUMULO-2713:
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I consider this a blocker. I will -1 any impacted release that does not include
it. I will encourage others to do the same.
We're supposed to be the conservative choice for security. Wether or not the
feature is experimental is immaterial. Experimental should not mean "causes a
known compromise of system security."
> Instance secret written out with other configuration items to RFiles and
> WALogs when encryption is turned on
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> Key: ACCUMULO-2713
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ACCUMULO-2713
> Project: Accumulo
> Issue Type: Bug
> Affects Versions: 1.5.1
> Reporter: Michael Allen
> Priority: Blocker
> Labels: WAL, encryption, rfile
> Fix For: 1.6.0
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> Attachments: Dont-write-instance-secret-to-RFiles.patch
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> The encryption at rest feature records configuration information in order to
> encrypted RFiles and WALogs so that if the configuration changes, the files
> can be read back. The code that does this recording hovers up all the
> "instance.*" entries, and does not pick out the instance.secret as a special
> one not to write. Thus the instance secret goes into each file in the clear,
> which is non-ideal to say the least.
> Patch forthcoming.
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