[KAFKA-12703] Allow unencrypted private keys when using PEM files

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.8.0
• Fix Version/s: 3.3.0
• Component/s: clients
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Brian Bascoy
• Created: 21/Apr/21 13:17
• Updated: 16/May/22 07:26
• Resolved: 16/May/22 07:26

Description

Unencrypted PEM files seem to be internally supported in the codebase but setting an ssl.key.password is currently enforced by createKeystore (on DefaultSslEngineFactory). I was unable to find a reason for this, so I wonder if this limitation could simply be removed:
https://github.com/pera/kafka/commit/8df2feab5fc6955cf8c89a7d132f05d8f562e16b

 

Thanks

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #11916