From: "Sven Kieske" <s.kieske(a)mittwald.de>
To: users(a)ovirt.org
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 10:21:17 AM
Subject: Re: [ovirt-users] [Fwd: options for root and password]
On 21/10/14 09:05, Yedidyah Bar David wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Hoot Thompson" <hoot(a)ptpnow.com>
>> To: users(a)ovirt.org
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 3:52:24 AM
>> Subject: [ovirt-users] [Fwd: options for root and password]
>>
>>
>>
>> Is there an alternative to the root/paasword approach to managing hosts
>> (by the engine)? Our preference would be keys/passphrase if that's
>> possible.
>
> IIRC we already allow that, no? In the "new host" dialog you can choose
> "ssh public key".
>
> Best,
>
Well there is this wiki page:
http://www.ovirt.org/Features/Ssh_Abilities
but it is from 2013 and has this security hole:
"Currently we don't enforce fingerprint validation."
I don't know if this is still valid, I don't find any
options regarding public/private keys in ovirt 3.3. but
I would be very interested in this topic to tighten security.
I agree. Not sure about the current status.
Note that there are two different issues here:
1. Letting ssh using a key pair instead of a password - already done
2. verifying the fingerprint, whether input by user or saved after first login - not sure
--
Didi