Re: [Puppet Users] Re: Security considerations for basing decisions on facts

2013-07-06 Thread Jakov Sosic
On 01/22/2013 10:04 PM, jcbollinger wrote: You are also right that a compromised client can, in principle, falsify the fact values presented to the master in an attempt to make it divulge secret information. Whether the master might actually divulge anything is a function of the manifests with

Re: [Puppet Users] Re: Security considerations for basing decisions on facts

2013-02-18 Thread Boyan Tabakov
On 22.1.2013 23:04, jcbollinger wrote: > You are correct that that only the identity of the client node is > authenticated by Puppet, and even that only insomuch as the client can > be relied upon to protect its SSL certificate. The $hostname fact > cannot be relied upon to convey that information

Re: [Puppet Users] Re: Security considerations for basing decisions on facts

2013-01-23 Thread Ramin K
On 1/23/2013 12:22 PM, Jist Anidiot wrote: On Tuesday, January 22, 2013 4:04:22 PM UTC-5, jcbollinger wrote: You are correct that that only the identity of the client node is authenticated by Puppet, and even that only insomuch as the client can be relied upon to protect its SSL ce

[Puppet Users] Re: Security considerations for basing decisions on facts

2013-01-23 Thread Jist Anidiot
On Tuesday, January 22, 2013 4:04:22 PM UTC-5, jcbollinger wrote: > > > > You are correct that that only the identity of the client node is > authenticated by Puppet, and even that only insomuch as the client can be > relied upon to protect its SSL certificate. The $hostname fact cannot be > re

[Puppet Users] Re: Security considerations for basing decisions on facts

2013-01-22 Thread jcbollinger
On Tuesday, January 22, 2013 7:08:09 AM UTC-6, Boyan Tabakov wrote: > > Hello, > > Let's consider the scenario when a client node in a puppet environment > gets compromised. > > In case some of the puppet modules make decisions based on agent facts, > these modules are potentially exposed to