On Dec 22, 2010, at 5:18 PM, Derek Yarnell wrote: > So I was asked a bit about implications of distributing something > sensitive through puppet. After a client talks to the puppet server > (giving its local facts) and retrieves its catalog is the client allowed > to fetch resources that may not be defined in its catalog? > > For example if someone is crafty and has compromised a client can they > retrieve a file from the file server that was not in their catalog? Or > can this only be secured this only handled by the file server IP acls > (if you really call that secure)?
Just to confirm that. Any client with a valid certificate can get any file in any "files" directory unless you make changes. Templates are different because the templates are put into the catalog, so a client can only use templates you use in the catalog. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
