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The component referred to as "XA Secure (Apache Argus)" finally settled down with its finalized open-source name and is now referred to as Apache Ranger. I've had some very positive hands-on experiences with Ranger since this blog posting was written and I am very enthusiastic about its place in the Hadoop security stack. Check out the Apache project or Hortworks product page for more information on Ranger. |
There are plenty of folks who will tell you "Hadoop isn't secure!", but that's not the whole story. Yes, as Merv Adrian points out, Hadoop in its most bare-bone mode does have a number of concerns. Fortunately, like with the rest of Hadoop, software layers upon software layers come together in concert to provide various levels of security shields to address specific requirements.
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