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Jinmei Liao commented on GEODE-1883: ------------------------------------ Currently in peer to peer communication, security-auth-init is optional. But in client-server, it is still required. It's going to be a very involved change on the client side to make it optional in the current state of java client. > AuthInitializer should be made optional > --------------------------------------- > > Key: GEODE-1883 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GEODE-1883 > Project: Geode > Issue Type: New Feature > Components: management > Reporter: Swapnil Bawaskar > > {{AuthInitializer}} is the interface that a client must implement that > provides credentials that are verified by the server. The same interface is > also used for peer authentication. > In order to configure {{AuthInitialize}} any Geode property starting with > {{security-}} is passed through to the {{AuthInitialize.getCredentials}} > method. > For simple authentication where only a username and a password are required, > users should not really be required to implement the AuthInitialize interface > in the presence of property passthrough. > Geode should detect {{security-username}} and {{security-password}} > properties in gemfire.security OR gfsecurity.properties file and use those > for authentication. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)