The patch was triggered by the following thread on the mailing list
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=CA%2BnxMTvfXH2%3DD7Dt_roHbU76OMw3WAiWmLLvqY7wENDt8MKGUw%40mail.gmail.com&forum_name=geoserver-users
The user wants to protect the admin GUI with an ssh tunnel, no GoeServer
security features are needed.
I am fine with 2.3.5 and I am hoping for vote of Justin because he was
involved in the new security architecture.
Cheers
Christian
2013/6/10 Ben Caradoc-Davies <[email protected]>
> -1 for backport to 2.3.x for inclusion in 2.3.4. We are too close, and in
> my view, living with this broken feature is better than a late change to
> stable.
>
> +0 for backport to 2.3.x for inclusion in 2.3.5. I am not sure how
> important the ability to disable a feature is. You are right, these are a
> lot of changes, with a significant risk of unintended side-effects.
>
> I am open to argument, particularly from our expert (you). :-)
>
> Kind regards,
> Ben.
>
>
> On 09/06/13 16:54, Christian Mueller wrote:
>
>> Disabling security does not work for 2.3.x and 2.4.x.
>>
>> The problem is described here
>>
>> https://jira.codehaus.org/**browse/GEOS-5820<https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/GEOS-5820>
>>
>>
>>
>> The fix is committed to master and the changes are here
>>
>>
>> https://github.com/mcrmcr/**geoserver-1/commit/**
>> eaf2de921028dc1e8dcb66d4547b83**5868b5cac0<https://github.com/mcrmcr/geoserver-1/commit/eaf2de921028dc1e8dcb66d4547b835868b5cac0>
>>
>>
>> This is not a trivial fix. We can stay with a broken feature on 2.3.x
>> or we can decide to backport.
>>
>> Thanks for you votes in advance.
>>
>>
>>
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>> DI Christian Mueller MSc (GIS), MSc (IT-Security)
>> OSS Open Source Solutions GmbH
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