[CASSANDRA-15749] Make clear in the documentation that stress is not a secured tool

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Normal
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 4.0-beta1, 4.0
• Component/s: Documentation/Website
• Bug Category: Security
• Severity: Low
• Complexity: Low Hanging Fruit
• Discovered By: User Report
• Platform: All
• Since Version: 4.0-alpha

Source Control Link

https://github.com/apache/cassandra/commit/b2c5f91fd6fa2bbce7e1a1a4cb31a64e0b229f13

Test and Documentation Plan

See PR. No tests.

• Assignee: Berenguer Blasi
• Reporter: Benjamin Lerer

Authors

Berenguer Blasi

Reviewers

Eduard Tudenhoefner

• Created: 22/Apr/20 09:44
• Updated: 21/Dec/20 08:08
• Resolved: 06/May/20 07:59

Description

It has been reported that the serialization used by the stress server was unsafe.
As Stress has never intended to be a secure application, the problem should not be fixed but the documentation should be updated to reflect that fact.