Also, you can look at work in progress: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-4487
thanks, dhruba On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 9:11 AM, Andrey Pankov <apan...@iponweb.net> wrote: > Maybe this would be interesting for you, > > > http://www.hadoop.iponweb.net/Home/hdfs-over-webdav/authentication-and-permissions > > On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 19:00, Giovanni Tusa<giovan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > on my company we recently began some projects where we would like to > > actively use hadoop. > > For one of them, basically we have implemented a feed service where feed > > entries (there could be a lot of data because many different users can > post > > feeds), are actually stored in the server filesystem (for the moment only > > one server) by using Hadoop.S > > > > Such a system needs some security improvements, and I'm wondering what > kind > > of security mechanism is currently provided by Hadoop. > > For example, only allowed users should be able to access, from the > browser, > > to our service to read data (because they will normally be sensitive > data), > > provided that they have access credentials (authenticated and authorized > > users). Also, the same data should be secured by using some forms of > > encryption for the server-to-client data transfer. > > I read some old posts and discussions inside the hadoop project > concerning > > security, but I am a little confused on what is actually implemented > > concerning authentication, authorization and encryption, on which version > of > > hadoop, and if something currently provided can match my needs. > > > > If someone could point me to the right direction, your help will be very > > appreciated. > > > > Giovanni > > > > > > -- > Andrey Pankov >
