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ASF GitHub Bot commented on FLINK-3930: --------------------------------------- Github user StephanEwen commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/2425#discussion_r86540839 --- Diff: docs/internals/flink_security.md --- @@ -84,4 +86,79 @@ Security implementation details are based on <a href="https://github.com/apache/ ## Token Renewal -UGI and Kafka/ZK login module implementations takes care of auto-renewing the tickets upon reaching expiry and no further action is needed on the part of Flink. \ No newline at end of file +UGI and Kafka/ZK login module implementations takes care of auto-renewing the tickets upon reaching expiry and no further action is needed on the part of Flink. + +# Authorization Support + +Service-level authorization is the initial authorization mechanism to ensure clients (or servers) connecting to the Flink cluster are authorized to do so. The purpose is to prevent a cluster from being used by an unauthorized user, whether to execute jobs, disrupt cluster functionality, or gain access to secrets stored within the cluster. + +The primary goal is to secure the following components by introducing a shared secret mechanism to control the authorization. When security is enabled, the configured shared secret will be used as the basis to validate all the incoming/outgoing request. + +- Akka Endpoints --- End diff -- How about describing these parts by their role? I do not expect users to generally know that Flink uses Akka for distributed coordination. How about - Coordination / RPC communication between JobManager, ResourceManager, and TaskManager *(via Akka)* - Flink Web Module - File distribution, like JAR files, etc *(BLOB Service)* - Data exchange between TaskManagers *(via Netty)* > Implement Service-Level Authorization > ------------------------------------- > > Key: FLINK-3930 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-3930 > Project: Flink > Issue Type: New Feature > Components: Security > Reporter: Eron Wright > Assignee: Vijay Srinivasaraghavan > Labels: security > Original Estimate: 672h > Remaining Estimate: 672h > > _This issue is part of a series of improvements detailed in the [Secure Data > Access|https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-GQB6uVOyoaXGwtqwqLV8BHDxWiMO2WnVzBoJ8oPaAs/edit?usp=sharing] > design doc._ > Service-level authorization is the initial authorization mechanism to ensure > clients (or servers) connecting to the Flink cluster are authorized to do so. > The purpose is to prevent a cluster from being used by an unauthorized > user, whether to execute jobs, disrupt cluster functionality, or gain access > to secrets stored within the cluster. > Implement service-level authorization as described in the design doc. > - Introduce a shared secret cookie > - Enable Akka security cookie > - Implement data transfer authentication > - Secure the web dashboard -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)