Re: [pcp] Next release update and pmdalogger merge

[Mark Goodwin <mgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 05/13/2011 10:49 PM, Ken McDonell wrote:
> Longer-term we probably need to grasp the nettle of authentication and
> capabilities to control access to parts of the PCP exported info, but no
> one seems to be volunteering to take ownership of this (even though it
> is on the PCP 4.0 wish list).
I have some thoughts on authentication, access-control and other
security related issues, so I guess I'm possibly more signed-up
for this than anyone else. The current ip-mask based approach in pmcd
is probably easily spoofed and doesn't really cut it for any public
facing deployment outside of a VPN - the default config exports just
about everything in /proc to anyone who wants to connect!

I'll post some ideas and design proposals to the list so we can discuss.

Regards
-- Mark

ps: David and Frank - are you on the pcp@xxxxxxxxxxx list? So we don't
need to keep cc:'ing you guys directly?