PaulRMellor commented on a change in pull request #512: DISPATCH-1338: Restructure Dispatch Router book for edge router URL: https://github.com/apache/qpid-dispatch/pull/512#discussion_r288429006
########## File path: docs/books/user-guide/modules/router-network-security-considerations.adoc ########## @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ +//// +Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one +or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file +distributed with this work for additional information +regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file +to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the +"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance +with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at + + http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + +Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, +software distributed under the License is distributed on an +"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY +KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the +specific language governing permissions and limitations +under the License +//// + +// Module included in the following assemblies: +// +// planning-router-network.adoc + +[id='router-network-security-considerations-{context}'] += Router network security considerations + +In the router network, the interior routers should be secured with a strong authentication mechanism in which they identify themselves to each other. You should choose and plan this authentication mechanism before creating the router network. + +[WARNING] +==== +If the interior routers are not properly secured, unauthorized routers (or endpoints pretending to be routers) could join the router network, compromising its integrity and availability. +==== + +You can choose a security mechanism that best fits your requirements. However, you should consider the following recommendations: + +* Create an X.509 Certificate Authority (CA) to oversee the interior portion of the router network. + +* Generate an individual certificate for each interior router. ++ +Each interior router can be configured to use the CA to authenticate connections from any other interior routers. + +* Connections from edge routers and clients can use different levels of security, depending on your requirements. + +By using these recommendations, a new interior router cannot join the network until the owner of the CA issues a new certificate for the new router. In addition, an intruder wishing to spoof an interior router cannot do so unless it has a valid X.509 certificate issued by the network’s CA. Review comment: ```suggestion By using these recommendations, a new interior router cannot join the network until the owner of the CA issues a new certificate for the new router. In addition, an intruder wishing to spoof an interior router cannot do so as they will not have a valid X.509 certificate issued by the network’s CA. ``` ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected] With regards, Apache Git Services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
