Re: Managing truststores with inter-node encryption

2014-05-30 Thread Ben Bromhead
Java ssl sockets need to be able to build a chain of trust. So having either a nodes public cert or the root cert in the truststore works (as you found out). To get cassandra to use cypher suites > 128 bit you will need to install the JCE unlimited strength jurisdiction policy files. You will know

Re: Managing truststores with inter-node encryption

2014-05-30 Thread Jeremy Jongsma
It appears that only adding the CA certificate to the truststore is sufficient for this. On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 10:05 AM, Jeremy Jongsma wrote: > The docs say that each node needs every other node's certificate in its > local truststore: > > > http://www.datastax.com/documentation/cassandra/1.

Managing truststores with inter-node encryption

2014-05-22 Thread Jeremy Jongsma
The docs say that each node needs every other node's certificate in its local truststore: http://www.datastax.com/documentation/cassandra/1.2/cassandra/security/secureSSLCertificates_t.html This seems like a bit of a headache for adding nodes to a cluster. How do others deal with this? 1) If I a