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lamtbs
PostPosted: Thu Apr 18, 2019 1:45 am    Post subject: Using Cluster Workload Exit for security enforcement Reply with quote

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Joined: 07 Nov 2005
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Customer is a central exchange, connecting to multiple parties. In order for failover to be simplier, they want to use QM Cluster, i.e. us forming P1-cluster with partner-1 talking over P1.xxx.Q, P2-cluster with partner-2 talking over P2.xxx.Q

With standard naming convention, it is easy to guess the cluster name and queue name for partner-3, then I could be faking partner-3's queue and get messages that is intended for partner-3. (assume I am the bad partner-1)

From documentation, seems it is possible to use Cluster Workload Exit to impose some restriction, e.g. if channel is called P1-channel, then only allow message target to P1.xxx.Q. Forbid any messages target for P2 or P3.xxx.Q

Is Workload exit the way to go for such security implementation? Is there further details on how this can be implemented?

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Vitor
PostPosted: Thu Apr 18, 2019 4:55 am    Post subject: Re: Using Cluster Workload Exit for security enforcement Reply with quote

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lamtbs wrote:
Is Workload exit the way to go for such security implementation?


Not even slightly.

There are specific mechanisms and practices for this, outlined in the documentation as Security for queue manager clusters and keeping clusters secure. These describe not only preventing unauthorized queue managers sending or receiving messages but how to stop unauthorized queue managers joining the cluster in the first place.
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QM Clusters feature is not recommended for B2B MQ messaging interfaces with external partners. It is non-trivial to implement rigorous security controls for authorization (including administrative access and ability for other qmgrs to join the cluster), and communication issues can be more difficult to resolve.
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