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

2013-01-23 Thread Wolf Noble
On Jan 22, 2013, at 3:04 PM, jcbollinger wrote: > > > 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 fa

[Puppet Users] Security considerations for basing decisions on facts

2013-01-22 Thread Boyan Tabakov
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 abuse from the malicious puppet agent. For example, if a class has: if $some_fact == '