Bug 2125287

Summary: [RFE] Implement end-to-end encryption of virt-who communications between a virtualization host and Red Hat Satellite server
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Reporter: momran
Component: virt-whoAssignee: candlepin-bugs
Status: NEW --- QA Contact: yuefliu <yuefliu>
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Version: 8.6CC: candlepin-bugs, hsun, kuhuang, redakkan
Target Milestone: rcKeywords: FutureFeature, Triaged
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Hardware: x86_64   
OS: Linux   
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Description momran 2022-09-08 14:05:56 UTC 
Description of problem:

Customer requests end-to-end encryption to be implemented for virt-who communications between a virtualization host and Red Hat Satellite server.

Customer finds [0] not sufficient to protect the username and password utilized by virt-who to connect to the virtualization host, especially when configuring virt-who for Hyper-V as an "Administrator" account or a user account assigned to the following groups (Windows 2012 Server): "Hyper-V Administrators" and "Remote Management Users" is required (refer to [1] for more details).


[0] https://access.redhat.com/solutions/1262503
[1] https://access.redhat.com/solutions/2023883


Business Justification:

An "Administrator" account or a user account assigned to the following groups (Windows 2012 Server): "Hyper-V Administrators" and "Remote Management Users" is quiet sensitive, and customer would like to ensure that these login credentials cannot be sniffed.