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angela commented on JCR-3293:
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the proposed alternative is to populate the subject up front and use null-login
which is designed to tell the repository that it's not responsible for taking
care of the authentication... pre-authenticated mode is this called in
jackrabbit.
> AbstractLoginModule: get rid of trust_credentials_attribute
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> Key: JCR-3293
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JCR-3293
> Project: Jackrabbit Content Repository
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: jackrabbit-core
> Affects Versions: 2.4
> Reporter: angela
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> based on JCR-2355 we added a very simplistic way to indicate to the login
> module that the given credentials have
> been preauthenticated. as already stated in the original issue this poses a
> major security issue as it leaves the
> repository access untrusted.
> i would like to raise those security concern again and would therefore like
> to get rid of that hack in the long run.
> the suggested procedure:
> - deprecate the attribute (immediately)
> - log a warning if it is used (immediately)
> - document how to fix code that is currently relying on that attribute
> - remove support altogether for the next major release
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