- From: Adam Jacob <
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- Subject: [chef] Re: New Authentication in Chef 0.8
- Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:55:41 -0800
Now that I'm not on my iPhone. What we're doing is creating a digital
signature with RSA keys, which signs each request.
Adam
On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 8:24 AM, Adam Jacob
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Not reinventing, using directly in the signature process. The SSH key
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metaphor seems to resonate for most people.
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If you look at the EC2 API auth, this is very similar, but with
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public/private keys rather than a shared secret.
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Sent from my iPhone
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On Feb 10, 2010, at 7:30 AM, Miguel Cabeça
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> Hi,
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> While reading the new Authentication page on Chef wiki [1] it seemed to me
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> that it's very similar to authentication with SSL client certificates.
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> Are you somehow reinventing the wheel or is there some obvious benefit
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> Best Regards
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> Miguel Cabeça
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> [1[ http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Authentication
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