I would start checking this page: http://cassandra.apache.org/doc/latest/operating/security.html
Then move to this: https://thelastpickle.com/blog/2015/09/30/hardening-cassandra-step-by-step-part-1-server-to-server.html Cheers, Hannu > Marc Richter <m...@marc-richter.info> kirjoitti 28.6.2019 kello 16.55: > > Hi everyone, > > I'm completely new to Cassandra DB, so please do not roast me for asking > obvious stuff. > > I managed to setup one Cassandra node and enter some data to it, > successfully. Next, I installed a second node, which connects to that first > one via port 7000 and sync all that data from it. This worked fine as well. > > But doing so, it leaves me puzzled a bit because of the security aspect of > this: Neither did I need to authenticate to the seeding (first) node, nor did > I find a resource which describes how to secure that cluster communication by > implementing some kind of authentication, which prevents everyone on the same > net to connect to the nodes. > > How is this dealt with in Cassandra? Is setting up firewalls the only way to > allow only some nodes to connect to the ports 7000/7001? > > BR, > Marc > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@cassandra.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@cassandra.apache.org >