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Rick Hillegas updated DERBY-866:
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Attachment: UserManagement.html
Attaching a first version of a functional spec for NATIVE user management. This
is an attempt to capture the discussion so far. Having a concrete proposal in
front of us may help move the discussion forward. Your feedback is appreciated.
The following topics need more discussion:
1) This version of the spec does not address the issue of system-wide
credentials. I will post a follow-on comment soon which tries to move that
discussion forward.
2) This version of the spec phrases password procedure arguments as CLOBs in
order to address the Java vulnerability described here:
http://securesoftware.blogspot.com/2009/01/java-security-why-not-to-use-string.html
An alternative approach would be to introduce a new Derby datatype
corresponding to char[]. Other suggestions are welcome.
Thanks in advance for reading this spec.
> Derby User Management Enhancements
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>
> Key: DERBY-866
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-866
> Project: Derby
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Services
> Affects Versions: 10.2.1.6
> Reporter: Francois Orsini
> Attachments: Derby_User_Enhancement.html,
> Derby_User_Enhancement_v1.1.html, UserManagement.html
>
>
> Proposal to enhance Derby's Built-In DDL User Management. (See proposal spec
> attached to the JIRA).
> Abstract:
> This feature aims at improving the way BUILT-IN users are managed in Derby by
> providing a more intuitive and familiar DDL interface. Currently (in
> 10.1.2.1), Built-In users can be defined at the system and/or database level.
> Users created at the system level can be defined via JVM or/and Derby system
> properties in the derby.properties file. Built-in users created at the
> database level are defined via a call to a Derby system procedure
> (SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_SET_DATABASE_PROPERTY) which sets a database property.
> Defining a user at the system level is very convenient and practical during
> the development phase (EOD) of an application - However, the user's password
> is not encrypted and consequently appears in clear in the derby.properties
> file. Hence, for an application going into production, whether it is embedded
> or not, it is preferable to create users at the database level where the
> password is encrypted.
> There is no real ANSI SQL standard for managing users in SQL but by providing
> a more intuitive and known interface, it will ease Built-In User management
> at the database level as well as Derby's adoption.
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