Ticket #1792 (closed defect: fixed)
RFC-18: Encryption of database connection passwords in mapfiles
| Reported by: | dmorissette | Owned by: | dmorissette |
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| Priority: | high | Milestone: | |
| Component: | MapServer C Library | Version: | 4.8 |
| Severity: | normal | Keywords: | |
| Cc: | mapserver@… |
Description
This bug is to track the implementation of RFC-18 in MapServer 4.9. From the RFC:
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Overview
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This proposal provides a mechanism to protect database connection passwords used
inside mapfiles by encrypting them instead of including them in plain text.
Technical Solution
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MapServer will be extended to allow the use of encrypted passwords as part of
the CONNECTION string for the following layer types:
* Oracle Spatial
* PostGIS
* ESRI SDE
* OGR
The Tiny Encryption Algorithm (TEA) at
http://www.simonshepherd.supanet.com/tea.htm will be used for the
encryption/decryption functions.
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See the RFC at http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc/ms-rfc-18 for full
details.
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