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From: "Rick Hillegas (JIRA)" <jira@apache.org>
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Subject: [jira] Commented: (DERBY-2196) Run standalone network server with
 security manager by default
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Rick Hillegas commented on DERBY-2196:
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Let me make sure I understand what you are proposing:

1) We ship the default policy file in a human-accessilbe  location, say a "templates" directory parallel to bin, doc, and lib

2) We also bundle the default policy file inside derbynet.jar.

3) When the server comes up, it copies the default policy file out of derbynet.jar into ${user.dir} so that it is visible to the security machinery.


> Run standalone network server with security manager by default
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: DERBY-2196
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-2196
>             Project: Derby
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: Network Server, Security
>            Reporter: Daniel John Debrunner
>         Assigned To: Rick Hillegas
>         Attachments: derby-2196-01-print-01.diff, derby-2196-01-print-02.diff, secureServer.html, secureServer.html, secureServer.html, secureServer.html, secureServer.html
>
>
> From an e-mail discussion:
> ... Derby should match the security  provided by typical client server systems such as DB2, Oracle, etc. I 
> think in this case system/database owners are trusting the database 
> system to ensure that their system cannot be attacked. So maybe if Derby 
> is booted as a standalone server with no security manager involved, it 
> should install one with a default security policy. Thus allowing Derby 
> to use Java security manager to manage system privileges but not 
> requiring everyone to become familiar with them.
> http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/db-derby-dev/200612.mbox/%3c4582FE67.7040308@apache.org%3e
> I imagine such a policy would allow any access to databases under derby.system.home and/or user.home.
> By standalone I mean the network server was started though the main() method (command line).

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