[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] (WFLY-12095) Use HTTPS and only HTTPS for management interfaces in default configuration

[Jan Stourac (Jira)]

Jan Stourac created WFLY-12095:
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             Summary: Use HTTPS and only HTTPS for management interfaces in default configuration
                 Key: WFLY-12095
                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/WFLY-12095
             Project: WildFly
          Issue Type: Enhancement
          Components: Management
    Affects Versions: 16.0.0.Final
            Reporter: Jan Stourac
            Assignee: Jeff Mesnil


Current default configuration of WildFly uses plaintext HTTP for management interfaces that are used for web-console access. Even though, that it is possible to switch to HTTPS after login to web-console, I believe we should incorporate HTTPS and only HTTPS configuration of management interfaces in our default WildFly configuration.

Note that there is digest-auth used for web-console login, thus password is not sent in a plain-text over the network, although there is still possibility of MITM attack, as such one can see what management operations are performed (actual request payload is binary, although I presume that it is easy to decode when one knows how to do it).

Yes, I understand that by default, there will be just a self-signed certificate generated for server on first HTTPS request, but I believe it is still an improvement.



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