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  1. HPCC
  2. HPCC-10024

Encrypt network traffic between all MP clients and Thor sort sockets

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    • New Feature
    • Status: Resolved
    • Major
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • None
    • 8.2.0
    • Dali

    Description

      Currently, Dali clients that access ~foreign:: files in other environments, do so by effectively redirecting the username and password credentials over an insecure socket to the remote Dali.
      The credentials are encrypted, but it's security by obscurity and can be thwarted by knowing the code that encrypts.

      Client (including the local Dali) should be able to make a secure connection to the remote Dali using SSH.

      This will ensure the credentials as well as all meta info are encrypted between the two environments.

      richardkchapmanrusswhiteheadafishbeckghallidaystuartort

      There should be a Dali configuration option to only accept secure connections.

      Ideally the SSL connectivity would be implemented such that components could switch to using it relatively seamlessly, e.g. a implementation of ISocket.
      In fact we already have ISecureSocket which is a derivative, however it is only partially implemented.
      For Dali connectivity, MP would need to support SSL also.

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              mckellyln Mark Kelly
              jakesmith Jake Smith
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