Flink Release Security Workflow

[Mark Hapner]

Are there any docs/links that describe the security workflow for a Flink release? For instance, the static code scan workflow; pen test workflow; security review of new features; etc.

 

The reason for the question is to better understand how to include Flink within the security workflow of a product that includes it as a component.

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[rmetzger0]

Hey Mark,

thanks a lot for reaching out. There is no dedicated security workflow for a Flink release.

This is the guide for creating a Flink release (for Flink committers, not for just building Flink locally): https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLINK/Creating+a+Flink+Release

As part of the release creation process, there's a 3 day voting period per release candidate with an extensive review by the community. A Flink release needs a majority among the PMC members to be released. As part of this voting process, we check that the source code and binaries are properly signed by the release manager, and we check the release artifacts to be compliant with Apache's rules for a release: http://www.apache.org/dev/release-publishing.html

There is also some additional information on how the ASF handles security: https://www.apache.org/security/

Afaik some vendors providing Flink distributions have more involved security processes.

Best,

Robert

On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 6:07 PM Mark Hapner <[hidden email]> wrote:

Are there any docs/links that describe the security workflow for a Flink release? For instance, the static code scan workflow; pen test workflow; security review of new features; etc.

 

The reason for the question is to better understand how to include Flink within the security workflow of a product that includes it as a component.

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