If you want system administrators not being able to see the data, the only option is encryption, with only the clients sharing the key (or whatever is used to (de)crypt the data). Like the example from eugene. I don't know the kind of messages you have, but you could always wrap something around any (de)serializer your currently using.
On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 12:21 PM Bruno Rassaerts < bruno.rassae...@novazone.be> wrote: > I’ve asked the same question in the past, and disk encryption was > suggested as a solution as well. > However, as far as I know, disk encryption will not prevent your data to > be stolen when the machine is compromised. > What we are looking for is even an additional barrier, so that even system > administrators do not have access to the data. > Any suggestions ? > > > On 24 May 2016, at 14:40, Tom Crayford <tcrayf...@heroku.com> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > There's no encryption at rest. It's recommended to use filesystem > > encryption, or encryption of each individual message before producing it > > for this. > > > > Only the new producer and consumers have SSL support. > > > > Thanks > > > > Tom Crayford > > Heroku Kafka > > > > On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 11:33 AM, Snehalata Nagaje < > > snehalata.nag...@harbingergroup.com> wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> Thanks for quick reply. > >> > >> Do you mean If I see messages in kafka, those will not be readable? > >> > >> And also, we are using new producer but old consumer , does old consumer > >> have ssl support? > >> > >> As mentioned in document, its not there. > >> > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Snehalata > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Mudit Kumar" <mudit.ku...@askme.in> > >> To: users@kafka.apache.org > >> Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 3:53:26 PM > >> Subject: Re: Kafka encryption > >> > >> Yes,it does that.What specifically you are looking for? > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On 5/24/16, 3:52 PM, "Snehalata Nagaje" < > >> snehalata.nag...@harbingergroup.com> wrote: > >> > >>> Hi All, > >>> > >>> > >>> We have requirement of encryption in kafka. > >>> > >>> As per docs, we can configure kafka with ssl, for secured > communication. > >>> > >>> But does kafka also stores data in encrypted format? > >>> > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> Snehalata > >> > >
