How exposed are facts? 

Are there any means to collect resources from a client that I can make use 
of?


On Sunday, July 22, 2012 3:05:28 AM UTC-5, yersinia.spiros wrote:
>
> Are you sure that exposing a password hash by a fact is a sane thing 
> to do from a security point of view ? Too simple to mont a dictionary 
> attack, isn't ? 
>
> 2012/7/22, bg <[email protected]>: 
> > This is a bit of a leading question, but is there a limitation as far as 
> > length/size of facts on a node? 
> > 
> > I have a need to perform one way sync of user accounts (non-Puppet 
> managed 
> > users) on many pairs of servers.  Thus far, it's been done with scripts 
> > from primary -> backup server, and has been problematic. I'd like to 
> create 
> > 
> > a fact that returns user:password_hash pairs, and then ensure those 
> users 
> > are present on the backup server. 
> > I would guess the largest number of users on a node would be ~100. 
> > 
> > Any other creative solutions are appreciated, but keep in mind ldap/nis 
> > aren't valid options. 
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On Sunday, July 22, 2012 3:05:28 AM UTC-5, yersinia.spiros wrote:
>
> Are you sure that exposing a password hash by a fact is a sane thing 
> to do from a security point of view ? Too simple to mont a dictionary 
> attack, isn't ? 
>
> 2012/7/22, bg <[email protected]>: 
> > This is a bit of a leading question, but is there a limitation as far as 
> > length/size of facts on a node? 
> > 
> > I have a need to perform one way sync of user accounts (non-Puppet 
> managed 
> > users) on many pairs of servers.  Thus far, it's been done with scripts 
> > from primary -> backup server, and has been problematic. I'd like to 
> create 
> > 
> > a fact that returns user:password_hash pairs, and then ensure those 
> users 
> > are present on the backup server. 
> > I would guess the largest number of users on a node would be ~100. 
> > 
> > Any other creative solutions are appreciated, but keep in mind ldap/nis 
> > aren't valid options. 
> > 
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On Sunday, July 22, 2012 3:05:28 AM UTC-5, yersinia.spiros wrote:
>
> Are you sure that exposing a password hash by a fact is a sane thing 
> to do from a security point of view ? Too simple to mont a dictionary 
> attack, isn't ? 
>
> 2012/7/22, bg <[email protected]>: 
> > This is a bit of a leading question, but is there a limitation as far as 
> > length/size of facts on a node? 
> > 
> > I have a need to perform one way sync of user accounts (non-Puppet 
> managed 
> > users) on many pairs of servers.  Thus far, it's been done with scripts 
> > from primary -> backup server, and has been problematic. I'd like to 
> create 
> > 
> > a fact that returns user:password_hash pairs, and then ensure those 
> users 
> > are present on the backup server. 
> > I would guess the largest number of users on a node would be ~100. 
> > 
> > Any other creative solutions are appreciated, but keep in mind ldap/nis 
> > aren't valid options. 
> > 
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