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Add cipher suite (AES/CTR/NoPadding) per default#693

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Description

fixes #680

The hdfs-operator now defaults to AES/CTR/NoPadding for dfs.encrypt.data.transfer.cipher.suite to improve security and performance

hdfs-site.xml:

<property>
  <name>dfs.data.transfer.protection</name>
  <value>privacy</value>
</property>
<property>
  <name>dfs.encrypt.data.transfer</name>
  <value>true</value>
</property>                                                                                  
<property>
  <name>dfs.encrypt.data.transfer.cipher.suite</name>
  <value>AES/CTR/NoPadding</value>                                                                                   
</property>

Test:

--- PASS: kuttl (608.24s)
    --- PASS: kuttl/harness (0.00s)
        --- PASS: kuttl/harness/kerberos_hadoop-3.4.1_zookeeper-latest-3.9.3_krb5-1.21.1_opa-1.4.2_kerberos-realm-PROD.MYCORP_kerberos-backend-mit_openshift-false (608.23s)

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LGTM

Does this need a release-note? If so, it will also need the scheduled-for and release-note label.

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LGTM

Does this need a release-note? If so, it will also need the scheduled-for and release-note label.

Not sure, would let @lfrancke decide.

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To answer the question: I think it's worth a release note entry

@NickLarsenNZ NickLarsenNZ added scheduled-for/25.7.0 release-note Denotes a PR that will be considered when it comes time to generate release notes. labels Jun 12, 2025
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Release note:

The HDFS operator now defaults `dfs.encrypt.data.transfer.cipher.suite` to `AES/CTR/NoPadding` to improve security and performance.

@maltesander maltesander requested a review from lfrancke June 12, 2025 07:13
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LGTM

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@maltesander maltesander changed the title Add cipher suite (AES/CTR/NoPadding) and key size (128) per default Add cipher suite (AES/CTR/NoPadding) per default Jun 12, 2025
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@maltesander maltesander moved this from Development: In Review to Development: Done in Stackable Engineering Jun 12, 2025
Merged via the queue into main with commit ec416eb Jun 12, 2025
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@lfrancke lfrancke moved this from Development: Done to Done in Stackable Engineering Jun 13, 2025
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