NASA-AMMOS / NASA-AMMOS/AIT-Core
Improve ait.notify to provide more secure method of SMTP authentication
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enhancement
- Dominant language
- Python
- Stars
- 56
- Forks
- 35
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Description
Putting a username/password into a config can be a big security concern. Not sure what a workaround may be. Easiest thing may be to just document another method. here is what I did for ECOSTRESS:
un = raw_input('SMTP Username: ')
pw = getpass.getpass('SMTP Password: ')
ait.config._config['notifications']['smtp']['username'] = un
ait.config._config['notifications']['smtp']['password'] = pw
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Research direction
Start at ait.notify and inspect how the notifications.smtp username and password are read from ait.config._config. The issue names no file or test, so first determine the relevant implementation and existing authentication options. Done means a less exposed SMTP authentication method is implemented or documented, with its behavior validated.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- security
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100