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Benjamin Bentmann updated MNG-553:
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Attachment: MNG-553.patch
bq. please be more specific.
The attached patch slightly tweaks the existing IT 0113 by having the password
include braces. The IT still works with
existing Maven version but breaks with 2.1.x branch including the security
feature.
bq. Besides - this is a low-frequency operation, it does not affect any speed
characteristics.
My concern is not speed but backward-compat. Previously, all strings were valid
plaintext passwords. Now, a certain subset of this space has been given a new
semantic, namely an encrypted password.
> Secure Storage of Server Passwords
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> Key: MNG-553
> URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-553
> Project: Maven 2
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Settings
> Affects Versions: 2.0-alpha-3
> Environment: Although it may not be relevant since this is a general
> improvement issue, Windows XP, JDK 1.4.1.
> Reporter: J. Michael McGarr
> Assignee: Brett Porter
> Priority: Critical
> Fix For: 2.1.0-M2
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> Attachments: MNG-553.patch
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> This was a question pose to the Maven User's Group and it was suggested I add
> it here.
> It would be benefitial to provide a more secure means of storing password's
> to the servers listed in the .m2/settings.xml. They are currently being
> stored as plain text and could definately be considered a security breach.
> Numerous organizations would undoubtedly considered this an unacceptable
> security risk, and this could prevent widespread adoption of Maven2.
> I would suggest leaving an option to encrypt the password into the settings
> file (more secure, but not foolproof) or even requiring the password to be
> manually provided per build (would prevent automation of builds). I am sure
> that there is a secure solution to this problem and it should be part of the
> 2.0 release.
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