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Eli Collins resolved HADOOP-6187. --------------------------------- Resolution: Won't Fix > Allow Super user access only from certian trusted IP Range- This is to avoid > spoofing by others as super user and gain access to the cluster > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HADOOP-6187 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-6187 > Project: Hadoop Common > Issue Type: New Feature > Components: ipc > Affects Versions: 0.20.0 > Reporter: Pallavi Palleti > Priority: Minor > Attachments: Hadoop-6187.patch > > > The current hadoop environment assumes that everything is trusted > environment and so doesn't have any security checks. This might lead to any > one to spoof as super user and gain access to the cluster if the environment > is open for every one. So, there is a need to restrict super user permission > only from certain IP addresses. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira