[MESOS-3024] HTTP endpoint authN is enabled merely by specifying --credentials

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.27.0
• Component/s: master, security
• Labels: authentication http mesosphere
• Target Version/s: 0.27.0
• Sprint: Mesosphere Sprint 21, Mesosphere Sprint 22
• Story Points: 8
• Assignee: Till Toenshoff
• Reporter: Adam B
• Shepherd: Adam B
• Created: 09/Jul/15 06:45
• Updated: 29/Apr/19 09:26
• Resolved: 26/Nov/18 12:21

Description

If I set `--credentials` on the master, framework and slave authentication are allowed, but not required. On the other hand, http authentication is now required for authenticated endpoints (currently only `/shutdown`). That means that I cannot enable framework or slave authentication without also enabling http endpoint authentication. This is undesirable.

Framework and slave authentication have separate flags (`--authenticate` and `--authenticate_slaves`) to require authentication for each. It would be great if there was also such a flag for http authentication. Or maybe we get rid of these flags altogether and rely on ACLs to determine which unauthenticated principals are even allowed to authenticate for each endpoint/action.