Is this something we should do in the plans as well (i.e. SSL certs, etc)?
Aaron Mulder (JIRA) wrote:
[ http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GERONIMO-411?page=all ] Aaron Mulder updated GERONIMO-411: ---------------------------------- Fix Version: 1.0Description: It would be nice if the properties file realm could rewrite your properties file with hashed passwords when it reads it. We would need to be able to recognize hashed vs. unhashed entries and perhaps even different algorithms. Perhaps it could go like this:user1=plaintext user2=MD5{...} user3=SHA1{...} Anyway, the idea is that this could be a reasonably secure alternative, but you still wouldn't need to manually hash things to add or update entries -- just put a plain text entry in and the next time the server reads the file it would hash it for you. I guess we'd need to synchronize on the hash operation to avoid threading problems if multiple apps or whatever use the same properties file, but it shouldn't be bad if we only rewrite the file if we find any plain text entries. was: It would be nice if the properties file realm could rewrite your properties file with hashed passwords when it reads it. We would need to be able to recognize hashed vs. unhashed entries and perhaps even different algorithms. Perhaps it could go like this: user1=plaintext user2=MD5{...} user3=SHA1{...} Anyway, the idea is that this could be a reasonably secure alternative, but you still wouldn't need to manually hash things to add or update entries -- just put a plain text entry in and the next time the server reads the file it would hash it for you. I guess we'd need to synchronize on the hash operation to avoid threading problems if multiple apps or whatever use the same properties file, but it shouldn't be bad if we only rewrite the file if we find any plain text entries.Environment:Add Hash Password Rewrite to File Realm --------------------------------------- Key: GERONIMO-411 URL: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GERONIMO-411 Project: Geronimo Type: Improvement Components: security Versions: 1.0-M2 Reporter: Aaron Mulder Priority: Minor Fix For: 1.0It would be nice if the properties file realm could rewrite your properties file with hashed passwords when it reads it. We would need to be able to recognize hashed vs. unhashed entries and perhaps even different algorithms. Perhaps it could go like this: user1=plaintext user2=MD5{...} user3=SHA1{...} Anyway, the idea is that this could be a reasonably secure alternative, but you still wouldn't need to manually hash things to add or update entries -- just put a plain text entry in and the next time the server reads the file it would hash it for you. I guess we'd need to synchronize on the hash operation to avoid threading problems if multiple apps or whatever use the same properties file, but it shouldn't be bad if we only rewrite the file if we find any plain text entries.
