Hi Ozone Devs, Following the discussion thread regarding the same topic, I'm starting this vote thread for merging the feature branch HDDS-7733-Symmetric-Tokens to master. The discussion thread <https://lists.apache.org/thread/8hlxsj3f3n1tzgcsv6g94mb5jkkzlg8z> can be found here.
This feature branch contains the implementation to replace the costly token signature generation using asymmetric (RSA) keys with symmetric key algorithms, like HMAC with SHA256. Symmetric key algorithms bring a much better performance and are the natural fit for Ozone token use case. Yet, they require building a mechanism to generate, store, distribute, and renew symmetric secret keys. That requirement is not trivial and has to be split into smaller tasks that cannot be shipped individually. That is the reason why the implementation of HDDS-7733 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDDS-7733> happens in a separate feature branch. More information can be found on the wiki page: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=255070328 Thanks, Duong
