Re: [libvirt] [PATCH 0/4] virsh: secret: Improve handling of secret value
On 1/10/20 12:42 PM, Peter Krempa wrote:
The currently existing virsh APIs for secrets are awful for human
use
and don't promote security.
Peter Krempa (4):
virsh: secret: Add 'secret-passwd' command
virsh: secret: Allow getting secret's value without base64 encoding
virsh: secret: Allow setting secrets from file
docs: secret: Unify and sanitize examples on how to set secret value
docs/formatsecret.html.in | 86 ++++++++++++++++++----------
docs/manpages/virsh.rst | 26 ++++++++-
tools/virsh-secret.c | 116 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
3 files changed, 189 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)
Code-wise LGTM. I have a question about the design though.
Shouldn't we ask for a password confirmation when setting the secret
via secret-passwd? This would be more on par with how 'passwd' works
in Linux, and can also help to prevent user typos when setting a
secret.
Thanks,
DHB