[ClusterLabs] Question regarding the security of corosync

Jan Friesse jfriesse at redhat.com
Tue Jun 21 11:08:44 EDT 2022


Hi Mario,

On 17/06/2022 11:39, Mario Freytag wrote:
> Dear sirs, or madams,
> 
> I’d like to ask about the security of corosync. We’re using a Proxmox HA setup in our testing environment and need to confirm it’s compliance with PCI guidelines.
> 
> We have a few questions:
> 
> Is the communication encrypted?

Depends on configuration, but (I think) default for proxmox is to set 
secauth: on, so yes, communication is encrypted.

> What method of encryption is used?

aes256

> What method of authentication is used?

sha256

> What is the recommended way of separation for the corosync network? VLAN?

separate network card is always best. Vlan is probably second best.

Regards,
   Honza

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> 
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