[YARN-669] ContainerTokens sent from the RM to NM via the AM should be a byte field

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Invalid
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.4-alpha
• Target Version/s: 2.1.0-beta
• Assignee: Vinod Kumar Vavilapalli
• Reporter: Siddharth Seth
• Created: 10/May/13 23:59
• Updated: 14/May/13 17:19
• Resolved: 14/May/13 17:19

Description

AMs should not try to read any information from this Token, since this token is used as an authorization mechanism. Converting it to a byte field also allows changes to the token.

This could be considered part of the API jira - YARN-386.