[Openstack-security] [openstack/nova] SecurityImpact review request change Ia6f4c69e699e68065c0f767e769cd0a6f5cc623b
gerrit2 at review.openstack.org
gerrit2 at review.openstack.org
Thu Sep 5 12:07:39 UTC 2013
Hi, I'd like you to take a look at this patch for potential
SecurityImpact.
https://review.openstack.org/45103
Log:
commit c0bcd16477a4a6fa517f10bac9143c7feafe2475
Author: Joel Coffman <joel.coffman at jhuapl.edu>
Date: Thu Sep 5 07:48:56 2013 -0400
Add key manager implementation with static key
Per feedback received on other patch sets, an example key manager
driver is required to support ephemeral storage encryption and
Cinder volume encryption. The ConfKeyManager class reads its key
from the project's configuration file and provides this key for
*all* requests. As such, this key manager is insecure but allows
the aforementioned encryption features to be used without further
integration effort.
To clarify the above statements, the configuration-based key
manager uses a single, fixed key. When used to encrypt data (e.g.,
by the Cinder volume encryption feature), the encryption provides
limited protection for the confidentiality of data. For example,
data cannot be read from a lost or stolen disk, and a volume's
contents cannot be reconstructed if an attacker intercepts the iSCSI
traffic between the compute and storage host. If the key is ever
compromised, then any data encrypted with the key can be decrypted.
Implements blueprint encrypt-cinder-volumes
SecurityImpact
Change-Id: Ia6f4c69e699e68065c0f767e769cd0a6f5cc623b
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