[Hawkular-dev] Default user, or alternative realm file?

Juraci Paixão Kröhling jpkroehling at redhat.com
Wed Mar 11 15:23:44 EDT 2015


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On 03/11/2015 06:29 PM, Alexandre Mendonca wrote:
> But, I think if the credentials are preset to admin/admin, needing
> to be changed on first login (with whichever strength enforcement
> we decide and keycloak supports) along with email address, it would
> be safe. The only possibility of an attacker logging in with
> default credentials would be for a never configured installation..
> and for that, even the keycloak "master" realm is exposed to the
> same risk.

Right, but it's a risk we don't need, as I see it only as a
convenience rather than a necessity.

> Actually, thinking of it, the "master" realm situation is
> dangerous, if a user never needs to login directly to it, he may
> leave it in "unconfigured" state, where it can be accessed later by
> an attacker.

> So I vote for option 1. And we need to figure a solution for also
> forcing the user to change the default admin/admin of "master"
> realm.

Indeed, I'll create a JIRA for myself to look into it.

- - Juca.
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