Maybe this would be interesting for you, http://www.hadoop.iponweb.net/Home/hdfs-over-webdav/authentication-and-permissions
On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 19:00, Giovanni Tusa<giovan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > on my company we recently began some projects where we would like to > actively use hadoop. > For one of them, basically we have implemented a feed service where feed > entries (there could be a lot of data because many different users can post > feeds), are actually stored in the server filesystem (for the moment only > one server) by using Hadoop.S > > Such a system needs some security improvements, and I'm wondering what kind > of security mechanism is currently provided by Hadoop. > For example, only allowed users should be able to access, from the browser, > to our service to read data (because they will normally be sensitive data), > provided that they have access credentials (authenticated and authorized > users). Also, the same data should be secured by using some forms of > encryption for the server-to-client data transfer. > I read some old posts and discussions inside the hadoop project concerning > security, but I am a little confused on what is actually implemented > concerning authentication, authorization and encryption, on which version of > hadoop, and if something currently provided can match my needs. > > If someone could point me to the right direction, your help will be very > appreciated. > > Giovanni > -- Andrey Pankov
