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docs: recommend SCRAM-SHA-256 SASL mech instead of SHA-1 variant

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The SHA-256 variant better meats modern security expectations.
Also warn that the password file is storing entries in clear
text.

Reviewed-by: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
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Daniel P. Berrangé 2021-03-04 18:14:26 +00:00
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docs/system/vnc-security.rst
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@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ used is drastically reduced. In fact only the GSSAPI SASL mechanism
provides an acceptable level of security by modern standards. Previous
versions of QEMU referred to the DIGEST-MD5 mechanism, however, it has
multiple serious flaws described in detail in RFC 6331 and thus should
never be used any more. The SCRAM-SHA-1 mechanism provides a simple
never be used any more. The SCRAM-SHA-256 mechanism provides a simple
username/password auth facility similar to DIGEST-MD5, but does not
support session encryption, so can only be used in combination with TLS.
@ -191,11 +191,12 @@ reasonable configuration is
::
mech_list: scram-sha-1
mech_list: scram-sha-256
sasldb_path: /etc/qemu/passwd.db
The ``saslpasswd2`` program can be used to populate the ``passwd.db``
file with accounts.
file with accounts. Note that the ``passwd.db`` file stores passwords
in clear text.
Other SASL configurations will be left as an exercise for the reader.
Note that all mechanisms, except GSSAPI, should be combined with use of

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qemu.sasl
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@ -19,15 +19,15 @@ mech_list: gssapi
# If using TLS with VNC, or a UNIX socket only, it is possible to
# enable plugins which don't provide session encryption. The
# 'scram-sha-1' plugin allows plain username/password authentication
# 'scram-sha-256' plugin allows plain username/password authentication
# to be performed
#
#mech_list: scram-sha-1
#mech_list: scram-sha-256
# You can also list many mechanisms at once, and the VNC server will
# negotiate which to use by considering the list enabled on the VNC
# client.
#mech_list: scram-sha-1 gssapi
#mech_list: scram-sha-256 gssapi
# Some older builds of MIT kerberos on Linux ignore this option &
# instead need KRB5_KTNAME env var.
@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ mech_list: gssapi
# mechanism this can be commented out.
keytab: /etc/qemu/krb5.tab
# If using scram-sha-1 for username/passwds, then this is the file
# If using scram-sha-256 for username/passwds, then this is the file
# containing the passwds. Use 'saslpasswd2 -a qemu [username]'
# to add entries, and 'sasldblistusers2 -f [sasldb_path]' to browse it
# to add entries, and 'sasldblistusers2 -f [sasldb_path]' to browse it.
# Note that this file stores passwords in clear text.
#sasldb_path: /etc/qemu/passwd.db