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ASF GitHub Bot commented on KAFKA-3665: --------------------------------------- rajinisivaram opened a new pull request #4956: KAFKA-3665: Make HTTPS the default ssl.endpoint.identification.algorithm URL: https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/4956 ### Committer Checklist (excluded from commit message) - [ ] Verify design and implementation - [ ] Verify test coverage and CI build status - [ ] Verify documentation (including upgrade notes) ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org > Default ssl.endpoint.identification.algorithm should be https > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: KAFKA-3665 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-3665 > Project: Kafka > Issue Type: Bug > Components: security > Affects Versions: 0.9.0.1, 0.10.0.0 > Reporter: Ismael Juma > Assignee: Rajini Sivaram > Priority: Major > Labels: windows > Fix For: 2.0.0 > > > The default `ssl.endpoint.identification.algorithm` is `null` which is not a > secure default (man in the middle attacks are possible). > We should probably use `https` instead. A more conservative alternative would > be to update the documentation instead of changing the default. > A paper on the topic (thanks to Ryan Pridgeon for the reference): > http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.3#76005)