kaxil commented on a change in pull request #7190: [AIRFLOW-XXXX] Add
cross-reference between connection and fernet
URL: https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/7190#discussion_r367498997
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File path: docs/howto/connection/index.rst
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@@ -221,6 +221,13 @@ To fix this, you can encode with
:py:meth:`~urllib.parse.quote_plus`:
>>> print(c.password)
my-pa/ssword
+Securing Connections
+--------------------
+
+Airflow uses `Fernet <https://github.com/fernet/spec/>`__ to encrypt passwords
in the connection
+configuration. It guarantees that a password encrypted using it cannot be
manipulated or read without the key.
Review comment:
```suggestion
configuration. It guarantees that without the encryption password,
Connection Passwords cannot be manipulated or read without the key.
```
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