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Internet-scale software-defined storage system
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Signed xattrs #113

Closed jcnelson closed 8 years ago

jcnelson commented 9 years ago

Currently, there is no end-to-end authentication on xattr names and values. A compromised MS could equivocate between gateways about them. Include a per-attribute signature, so even getxattr() can verify the authenticity of the name and value.

jcnelson commented 9 years ago

While we're at it, we should think of a way to ensure that the MS can't reply stale signed xattrs undetected.

jcnelson commented 8 years ago

This will be addressed in the following way:

jcnelson commented 8 years ago

This is possibly fixed in my local tree.

jcnelson commented 8 years ago

Fixed in master.