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The authenticators now have an encode function that cloudstack will use to encode the user supplied password before storing it in the database. This makes it easier to add other authenticators with other hashing algorithms. The requires a two step approach to creating the admin account at first start as the authenticators are only present in the management-server component locator. The SHA256 salted authenticator make use of this new system and adds a hashing algorithm based on SHA256 with a salt. This type of hash is far less susceptible to rainbow table attacks. To make use of these new features the users password will be sent over the wire just as he typed it and it will be transformed into a hash on the server and compared with the stored password. This means that the hash will not go over the wire anymore. The default authenticator in components.xml is still set to md5 for backwards compatibility. For new installations the sha256 could be enabled.
Apache CloudStack (Incubating) Version 4.0.0
About Apache CloudStack (Incubating)
Apache CloudStack (Incubating) is software designed to deploy and manage large networks of virtual machines, as a highly available, highly scalable Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud computing platform. CloudStack is used by a number of service providers to offer public cloud services, and by many companies to provide an on-premises (private) cloud offering.
Apache CloudStack currently supports the most popular hypervisors: VMware, Oracle VM, KVM, XenServer and Xen Cloud Platform. CloudStack also offers bare metal management of servers, using PXE to provision OS images and IPMI to manage the server. Apache CloudStack offers three methods for managing cloud computing environments: an easy to use Web interface, command line tools, and a full-featured RESTful API.
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The U.S. Government Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), has classified this software as Export Commodity Control Number (ECCN) 5D002.C.1, which includes information security software using or performing cryptographic functions with asymmetric algorithms. The form and manner of this Apache Software Foundation distribution makes it eligible for export under the License Exception ENC Technology Software Unrestricted (TSU) exception (see the BIS Export Administration Regulations, Section 740.13) for both object code and source code.
The following provides more details on the included cryptographic software:
CloudStack makes use of JaSypt cryptographic libraries
CloudStack has a system requirement of MySQL, and uses native database encryption functionality.
CloudStack makes use of the Bouncy Castle general-purpose encryption library.
CloudStack can optionally interacts with and controls OpenSwan-based VPNs.
CloudStack has a dependency on Apache WSS4J as part of the AWSAPI implementation.
CloudStack has a dependency on and makes use of JSch - a java SSH2 implementation.