Comment 4 for bug 409777

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chris grzegorczyk (chris-grze) wrote : Re: [Bug 409777] Re: credentials zip file should pack files with permissions 600

Sadly, the change is not trivial since it would require implementing
support for permissions in java.util.zip.*

Shelling out is not an option since the contents of the zip never
actually exist as files.

On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Dustin Kirkland
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> Chris, can you bang this trivial change into 1.6.2?
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> credentials zip file should pack files with permissions 600
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/409777
> You received this bug notification because you are a bug assignee.
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> Status in Eucalyptus: Confirmed
> Status in “eucalyptus” package in Ubuntu: Triaged
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> Bug description:
> You can download credentials from the web site in a packed zipfile.
>
> When this file is unzipped, some relatively sensitive information is unpacked, including keys and credentials.
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> When creating the zipfile, these files should be permissioned appropriately, such as 600.
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> :-Dustin
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